SODAR Wind Profiling
The DOPPLER SODAR systems measure remotely a vertical profile of wind speed, direction, thermal stratification and turbulence parameters (sigma W, sigma Theta) up to 5,000 meters or more above ground. They are ideally suited for airport safety (wind shear detection), for air pollution control and forecast, site surveys (power plants) and study of telecommunication network disturbances due to atmospheric conditions. Meteorological and aeronautical services are interested in the SODARS for the detection of wind shear at airports, and military organizations are, or will be, using the SODAR in programs for weapons development, parachuting, landing on aircraft carriers as well as flight tests in general.
The phased array Doppler SODARS continuously and reliably measure wind speed and direction, vertical motions, turbulence, thermal structure, and mixing depth at heights ranging from 20 m up to 1,000 to 5,000 meters depending on the type of antenna.
