Airborne doppler wind lidar post data processing software DAPS-LV

摘要

Systems, methods, and devices of the present invention enable post processing of airborne Doppler wind LIDAR data. In an embodiment, airborne Doppler wind LIDAR data software written in LabVIEW may be provided and may run two versions of different airborne wind profiling algorithms. A first algorithm may be the Airborne Wind Profiling Algorithm for Doppler Wind LIDAR (“APOLO”) using airborne wind LIDAR data from two orthogonal directions to estimate wind parameters, and a second algorithm may be a five direction based method using pseudo inverse functions to estimate wind parameters. The various embodiments may enable wind profiles to be compared using different algorithms, may enable wind profile data for long haul color displays to be generated, may display long haul color displays, and/or may enable archiving of data at user-selectable altitudes over a long observation period for data distribution and population.

主权项

1. An airborne wind profiling method performed by a system comprising a computing device in communication with an airborne Doppler Wind LIDAR system and an INS/GPS system mounted on an aircraft, the computing device comprising a display, a memory, and a processor connected to the display and the memory, the method comprising:
receiving an indication of user selected data processing parameters; receiving airborne Doppler Wind LIDAR data and associated INS/GPS data from the airborne Doppler Wind LIDAR system and the INS/GPS system; generating wind profile parameters using the airborne Doppler Wind LIDAR data and associated INS/GPS data and the indication of user selected data processing parameters; displaying the wind profile parameters in a single set wind parameter estimate display, wherein displaying the wind profile parameters in a single set wind parameter estimate display comprises displaying graphs of wind parameter estimates made using a two orthogonal direction based algorithm and a five direction based algorithm overlaid with dropsonde data; and displaying the wind profile parameters in a long haul wind parameter estimate display.