A UHF wind profiler for the boundary layer: brief description and initial results.

Abstract

Describes a boundary layer radar recently developed at NOAA's Aeronomy Laboratory. This radar extends wind profiler technology by using a small, relatively inexpensive radar to provide continuous, high resolution wind measurements in the first few kilometers of the atmosphere. Although the radar was developed for use in a hybrid mode with existing 50 MHz profilers in the tropical Pacific, the system can equally well be a stand alone device to study boundary layer problems.