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... > Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > LINE OF SIGHT WINDS

PREFERRED TERM

LINE OF SIGHT WINDS  

DEFINITION

  • LOS winds measures the vector projection of the true 3-D wind into the direction of the pulsed laser beam, determined by the frequency change of the returned light due to the Doppler shift.

BROADER CONCEPT

ENTRY TERMS

  • LOS

CHANGE NOTE

  • 2017-04-20 15:06:35.0 [sritz] Insert Concept add broader relation (LINE OF SIGHT WINDS [cd6f51f9-6ab4-4df4-a4d2-347e38fe80b6,278891] - WIND PROFILES [dcc6cbbf-23a0-4ae7-bfbd-6207d35c741f,83373]);
  • 2017-04-21 11:37:14.0 [tstevens] insert Definition (id: null text: LOS winds measures the vector projection of the true 3-D wind into the direction of the pulsed laser beam, determined by the frequency change of the returned light due to the Doppler shift. language code: en);
  • 2017-04-21 14:07:52.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null text: LOS language code: en);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/cd6f51f9-6ab4-4df4-a4d2-347e38fe80b6

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