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Combined wind lidar and cloud radar for high-resolution wind profiling
Geoscience & Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Louise Nuijens
Geoscience & Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Christine Unal
Geoscience & Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Steven Knoop
R&D Observations and Data Technology, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, the Netherlands
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This paper describes a dataset from a novel experimental setup to retrieve wind speed and direction profiles, combining cloud radars and wind lidar. This setup allows retrieving profiles from near the surface to the top of clouds. The field campaign occurred in Cabauw, the Netherlands, between September 13th and October 3rd 2021. This paper also provides examples of applications of this dataset (e.g. studying atmospheric turbulence, validating numerical atmospheric models).
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