High Altitude Turbulence Detection Using an Airborne Doppler
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Air turbulence is a serious problem that affects airline operations. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is developing an airborne Doppler LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) for on-board turbulence detection. Flight experiments demonstrated that a highaltitude prototype can measure wind speeds at the more than 9 km range at altitude of 12 km. This paper describes the development of the airborne Doppler LIDAR and presents sample high-altitude flight experiment results.
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تاریخ انتشار 2014