Weather-watching Doppler lidar instrument installed over Washington
23 Apr 2021
NIST and Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration measuring lower atmosphere wind flow for âgreenhouseâ gas emissions research.
NOAA's Scott Sandberg beside the new lidar system.The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have installed a Doppler lidar instrument to an existing weather station on top of the Department of Commerceâs Herbert Clark Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., to measure wind flow and turbulence in the lowest part of the atmosphere for a research project studying greenhouse gas emissions in the capital area.