Measurements and Applications
Tropospheric winds for weather forecasting and pollution transport.
Full Name
HDWL (3D Winds)
Status
No longer considered
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Low Heritage
Instrument Type
Lidars 
Geometry
Nadir-viewing
Instrument Technology
Doppler lidar
Sampling
Other
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
Resolution
300 km along track horizontal resolution
Swath
View 45 degrees of nadir at four azimuth angles: 45, 135, 225, 315 deg.
Accuracy
2-3 m/s LOS wind accuracy projected into horizontal from all effects including sampling error
Waveband
2.051 µm and 0.355 µm
| UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
3D Winds - Three Dimensional Tropospheric Winds from Space Based Lidar (2030 - 2033) |