Abstract

A better understanding of the interaction between the waves and the background wind in the altitude range 25 - 65 km, where there is still no possibility to monitor adequately the wind field, led us to the development of a new Doppler lidar designed to cover this height range. Therefore it had to rely on Rayleigh scattering from air molecules. Recently the possibility to extend the measurements of the mean winds in the lower atmosphere using the same principle has been studied and will be implemented in a near future.

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