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Program Directive
The GroundWinds Project is a NOAA funded initiative to demonstrate direct detection fringe imaging Doppler wind LIDAR technology. The program seeks to demonstrate this technology for application to future space based global tropospheric wind sounding. The GroundWinds program has successfully demonstrated two ground based instruments. GroundWinds New Hampshire, located at the base of Mount Washington is a 532nm LIDAR system that was the first fringe imaging instrument to be developed in the GroundWinds program. The GroundWinds Hawaii instrument, located near the summit of Mauna Loa at the NOAA observatory, is the second instrument installation and operates at 355nm. Both of the GroundWinds systems detect Doppler shifts in the atmosphere from the ground to 20 km in altitude above the site. |
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Program
Manager
Charles Richey
charlesrichey@michiganaerospace.com
(734) 975-8777
ext 112
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Program
Sponsors / Affiliates
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
University of New Hampshire
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There is an agreement among the weather
community that global winds are the most important missing data product.
Global Winds
- will have a significant forecast impact
- are not presently available
- can be provided at low risk to customer
- can be provided at moderate cost
GroundWinds demonstrates the advanced technology
that is capable of measuring Global Winds.
GroundWinds Overview
The GroundWinds project is a technologically advanced
instrument which is distiguished by its ability to measure atmospheric
wind profiles utilizing both the molecular and aerosol components of
the scattered return signal. This allows for landmark measurements of
both the tropospheric and lower stratospheric winds.
For more information, take a look at the detailed overview
of the GroundWinds instrument
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