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The possibility of measuring the wind velocity and direction with 2-μm pulsed coherent Doppler lidar in conditions of a weak echo signal is investigated. It is shown that the use of the filtered sine wave fitting of the lidar-measured radial wind velocities allows for the estimation of the wind velocity vector components with an acceptable accuracy at a low signal-to-noise ratio up to values of −20 dB.
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Original Russian Text © V.A. Banakh, A. Brewer, E.L. Pichugina, I.N. Smalikho, 2010, published in Optica Atmosfery i Okeana.
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Banakh, V.A., Brewer, A., Pichugina, E.L. et al. Measurements of wind velocity and direction with coherent Doppler lidar in conditions of a weak echo signal. Atmos Ocean Opt 23, 381–388 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856010050076
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