A wind, temperature, H$_2$O and CO$_2$ scanning lidar mobile observatory for a 3D thermodynamic view of the atmosphere

TL;DR

This paper presents a mobile 3D lidar observatory capable of simultaneous atmospheric measurements of wind, temperature, water vapor, and CO2, enabling comprehensive thermodynamic atmospheric studies.

Contribution

It introduces a novel ground-based mobile lidar system that integrates multiple atmospheric measurements in real-time.

Findings

The system successfully measures wind, temperature, H2O, and CO2 simultaneously.

Performance assessments show high accuracy and stability.

Examples demonstrate diverse geophysical applications.

Abstract

A ground-based mobile 3D lidar observatory has been developed for simultaneous measurements of wind speed, temperature, water vapor and carbon dioxide absorption in the atmosphere. The present paper reports details of the instruments, assesses the current performances and gives some examples of measurements for different geophysical applications.