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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-167
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
23 Apr 2025
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Harmonised boundary layer wind profile dataset from six ground-based doppler wind lidars in a transect across Paris, France
Abstract. Doppler wind lidars (DWL) offer high-resolution wind profile measurements that are valuable for understanding atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) dynamics. Here six ground-based DWL, deployed in a multi-institutional effort along a 40 km transect through the centre of Paris (France), are used to retrieve horizontal wind speed and direction through the ABL at 18–25 m vertical and 1–60 min temporal resolution. Data are available for June 2022 – March 2024 (three DWL) and two Intensive Observation Periods (six DWL) across 9 weeks in September 2023 – December 2023. Data from all sensors are harmonised in terms of quality control, file format, as well as temporal and vertical resolutions. The quality of this DWL dataset is evaluated against in-situ measurements at the Eiffel Tower and radiosonde profiles. This unique, spatially dense, open dataset will allow urban boundary layer dynamics to be explored in process-studies, and is further valuable for the evaluation of high-resolution weather, climate, inverse and air pollution models that resolve city-scale processes.
How to cite. Morrison, W., Looschelders, D., Céspedes, J., Claxton, B., Drouin, M.-A., Dupont, J.-C., Faucheux, A., Haeffelin, M., Holst, C. C., Kotthaus, S., Masson, V., McGregor, J., Price, J., Zeeman, M., Grimmond, S., and Christen, A.: Harmonised boundary layer wind profile dataset from six ground-based doppler wind lidars in a transect across Paris, France, Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-167, in review, 2025.
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William Morrison
Chair of Environmental Meteorology, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, 79085, Germany
Dana Looschelders
Chair of Environmental Meteorology, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, 79085, Germany
Jonnathan Céspedes
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD-IPSL), École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau CEDEX, France
Bernie Claxton
Met Office, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Marc-Antoine Drouin
LMD/IPSL, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, ENS, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Palaiseau France
Jean-Charles Dupont
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en Yvelines, Palaiseau Cedex, France
Aurélien Faucheux
CEREA, ENPC, EDF R&D, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Champs-sur-Marne, France
Martial Haeffelin
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau CEDEX, France
Christopher C. Holst
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 82467, Germany
Simone Kotthaus
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD-IPSL), École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau CEDEX, France
Valéry Masson
Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, 31057, France
James McGregor
Met Office, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Jeremy Price
Met Office, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Matthias Zeeman
Chair of Environmental Meteorology, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, 79085, Germany
Sue Grimmond
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6ET, United Kingdom
Andreas Christen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Chair of Environmental Meteorology, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, 79085, Germany
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We conducted research using sophisticated wind sensors to better understand wind patterns in Paris. By installing these sensors across the city, we gathered detailed data on wind speeds and directions from 2022 to 2024. This information helps improve weather and climate models, making them more accurate for city environments. Our findings offer valuable insights for scientists studying urban air and weather, improving predictions and understanding of city-scale atmospheric processes.
We conducted research using sophisticated wind sensors to better understand wind patterns in...
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