National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Boulder)
Wind Profilers
equipmentfield / airborne sensorIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- NOAA Boulder
Description
Doppler wind profiler radars that transmit vertical pulses scattered by clouds, precipitation and turbulence to measure wind speed and direction at various heights; PSL fields profilers in the 915 MHz and 449 MHz bands.
Official page
https://psl.noaa.gov/technology/wind-profilers/
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Details
- Keywords
- doppler radar, wind speed and direction, atmospheric turbulence, field profilers, precipitation and clouds
- Key spec
- 915 MHz and 449 MHz frequency bands
- Equipment class
- Doppler wind profiler radar
- Associated entity
- NOAA
- Specifications
- PSL uses two different types wind profilers in the field: one operating at the 915 MHz frequency band, and the other at the 449 MHz frequency band. | A 449 MHz wind profiler