Performance evaluation for long-range turbulence-detection using ultraviolet lidar Export

@article{citeulike:5006473, abstract = {Clear-air turbulence could be detected at long range using a UV lidar. Because the vertical speed cannot be retrieved from Doppler shift analysis at long range, the turbulence detection is based on the measurement of molecular density fluctuation associated with the turbulent wind. After an optimization of the characteristics of the candidate UV lidar, we present an evaluation of the detection range and of the false alarm rate and missed alarm rate depending on the altitude and vertical velocity root mean square. This study shows that 96\% of turbulence with vertical velocity leading to dislodging of unsecured objects in the airplane can be detected at 15 km using a 2 W laser at 355 nm with a false alarm rate of 0.18 per flight hour.}, author = {Feneyrou, Patrick and Lehureau, Jean-Claude and Barny, Herv\'{e}}, citeulike-article-id = {5006473}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.48.003750}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=182988}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1364/AO.48.003750}, journal = {Appl. Opt.}, keywords = {air, atmospheric, general\_atmosphere, scattering, signal, simulation, statistics, temperature, turbulence}, month = {July}, number = {19}, pages = {3750--3759}, posted-at = {2009-06-29 06:02:56}, priority = {2}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Performance evaluation for long-range turbulence-detection using ultraviolet lidar}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.48.003750}, volume = {48}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5006473 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5006473 N2 - Clear-air turbulence could be detected at long range using a UV lidar. Because the vertical speed cannot be retrieved from Doppler shift analysis at long range, the turbulence detection is based on the measurement of molecular density fluctuation associated with the turbulent wind. After an optimization of the characteristics of the candidate UV lidar, we present an evaluation of the detection range and of the false alarm rate and missed alarm rate depending on the altitude and vertical velocity root mean square. This study shows that 96% of turbulence with vertical velocity leading to dislodging of unsecured objects in the airplane can be detected at 15 km using a 2 W laser at 355 nm with a false alarm rate of 0.18 per flight hour. IS - 19 JF - Appl. Opt. EP - 3759 TI - Performance evaluation for long-range turbulence-detection using ultraviolet lidar PB - OSA VL - 48 SP - 3750 KW - air KW - atmospheric KW - general_atmosphere KW - scattering KW - signal KW - simulation KW - statistics KW - temperature KW - turbulence AU - Feneyrou, Patrick AU - Lehureau, Jean-Claude AU - Barny, Hervé PY - 2009/07/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.48.003750 ER -