CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- HDWL (3D Winds)
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Full Name
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HDWL (3D Winds)
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Status
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No longer considered
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA
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Maturity
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Low Heritage
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Instrument Type
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Lidars 
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Geometry
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Nadir-viewing
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Instrument Technology
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Doppler lidar
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Sampling
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Other
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Tropospheric winds for weather forecasting and pollution transport.
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Resolution Summary
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300 km along track horizontal resolution
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Swath Summary
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View 45 degrees of nadir at four azimuth angles: 45, 135, 225, 315 deg.
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Accuracy Summary
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2-3 m/s LOS wind accuracy projected into horizontal from all effects including sampling error
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Waveband Summary
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2.051 µm and 0.355 µm
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| UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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