Harmonised boundary layer wind profile dataset from six ground-based Doppler wind lidars in a transect across Paris, France

Abstract

Doppler wind lidars (DWL) offer high-resolution wind profile measurements that are valuable for understanding atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) dynamics. Here six ground-based DWL, deployed in a multiinstitutional effort along a 40 km transect through the centre of Paris (France), are used to retrieve horizontal wind speed and direction through the ABL at 18–25 m vertical and 1–60 min temporal resolution. Data are available for June 2022–March 2024 (three DWL) and two Intensive Observation Periods (six DWL) across 9 weeks in September 2023–December 2023. Data from all sensors are harmonised in terms of quality control, file format, as well as temporal and vertical resolutions. The quality of this DWL dataset is evaluated against in-situ measurements at the Eiffel Tower and radiosonde profiles. This unique, spatially dense, open dataset will allow urban boundary layer dynamics to be explored in process-studies, and is further valuable for the evaluation of high-resolution weather, climate, inverse and air pollution models that resolve city-scale processes. The dataset is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14761503 (Morrison et al., 2025).