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Accuracy of estimation of the turbulent energy dissipation rate from wind measurements with a conically scanning pulsed coherent Doppler lidar. Part I. Algorithm of data processing

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The procedure of lidar data processing permitting one to estimate the dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy from wind measurements with a pulsed coherent Doppler lidar (PCDL) upon conical scanning by a probing beam is presented. The proposed algorithm for the PCDL data processing was tested and the error of the lidar estimate of the dissipation rate was calculated as a function of the number of full scans by a probing beam using numerical simulation.

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Original Russian Text © I.N. Smalikho, V.A. Banakh, 2013, published in Optica Atmosfery i Okeana.

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Smalikho, I.N., Banakh, V.A. Accuracy of estimation of the turbulent energy dissipation rate from wind measurements with a conically scanning pulsed coherent Doppler lidar. Part I. Algorithm of data processing. Atmos Ocean Opt 26, 404–410 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S102485601305014X

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