Beam swinging coherent Doppler wind lidar utilizing wavelength switching through a single telescope.

We have developed a new, to the best of our knowledge, beam swinging coherent Doppler wind lidar (BS-CDWL) by employing a wavelength switching method using mass-produced components for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical communication systems. This BS-CDWL also has a single and position-to-angle conversion telescope for multiple LOS measurement which contributes to cost-effectiveness. Preliminary wind sensing result is shown with measurable range of up to 350 m.

Intelligent and compact coherent Doppler lidar with fiber-based configuration for robust wind sensing in various atmospheric and environmental conditions.

The intelligent and compact coherent Doppler lidar (CDL) for wind sensing is demonstrated. The configuration is fiber-based. Several functions for the robust wind sensing in various atmospheric and environmental conditions are shown. The main feature of this CDL is the intelligent functions of the beam focusing, spectral accumulation, and window wiping. The supplemental functions of the robust noise floor reduction and motion compensation are also introduced. The effect of the above-mentioned main feature is demonstrated for the improvement of data availability. The evaluation results of the highly accurate wind velocity measurement are additionally shown.