2 μm Doppler wind lidar with a Tm: fiber-laser-pumped Ho: YLF laser

K Mizutani, S Ishii, M Aoki, H Iwai, R Otsuka… - Optics Letters, 2018 - opg.optica.org
A 2 μm Ho-doped ytrrium lithium fluoride (Ho:YLF) laser end-pumped by a 1.94 μm Tm:fiber
laser was developed. A laser system of a ring resonator oscillator and amplifier was …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of Aeolus Level 2B wind products using wind profilers, ground-based Doppler wind lidars, and radiosondes in Japan

H Iwai, M Aoki, M Oshiro, S Ishii - Atmospheric Measurement …, 2021 - amt.copernicus.org
The first space-based Doppler wind lidar (DWL) onboard the Aeolus satellite was launched
by the European Space Agency (ESA) on 22 August 2018 to obtain global profiles of …

[HTML][HTML] Performance and technique of coherent 2-μm differential absorption and wind lidar for wind measurement

H Iwai, S Ishii, R Oda, K Mizutani… - … of atmospheric and …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Performance and Technique of Coherent 2-μm Differential Absorption and Wind Lidar for Wind
Measurement in: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Volume 30 Issue 3 (2013) …

[HTML][HTML] Measurements of rainfall velocity and raindrop size distribution using coherent Doppler lidar

M Aoki, H Iwai, K Nakagawa, S Ishii… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Measurements of Rainfall Velocity and Raindrop Size Distribution Using Coherent Doppler
Lidar in: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Volume 33 Issue 9 (2016) Jump to …

[HTML][HTML] Cloud-resolving 4D-Var assimilation of Doppler wind lidar data on a meso-gamma-scale convective system

T Kawabata, H Iwai, H Seko, Y Shoji… - Monthly Weather …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
The authors evaluated the effects of assimilating three-dimensional Doppler wind lidar (DWL)
data on the forecast of the heavy rainfall event of 5 July 2010 in Japan, produced by an …

Dual‐Doppler lidar observation of horizontal convective rolls and near‐surface streaks

H Iwai, S Ishii, N Tsunematsu, K Mizutani… - Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Dual‐Doppler lidar and heliborne sensors were used to investigate the three‐dimensional (3D)
structure of the wind field over Sendai Airport in June 2007. The 3D structures of several‐…

[HTML][HTML] Toward improved forecasts of sea-breeze horizontal convective rolls at super high resolutions. Part I: Configuration and verification of a Down-Scaling …

…, T Iwasaki, H Seko, K Saito, H Iwai… - Monthly Weather …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Iwai, and S. Ishii, 2015: Toward improved forecasts of sea-breeze horizontal convective
rolls at super high resolutions. Part II: The impacts of land use and buildings. … Iwai, H., and …

Strong updraft at a sea-breeze front and associated vertical transport of near-surface dense aerosol observed by Doppler lidar and ceilometer

H Iwai, Y Murayama, S Ishii, K Mizutani, Y Ohno… - Boundary-layer …, 2011 - Springer
To study the wind field within the atmospheric boundary layer over the Tokyo metropolitan
area, Doppler lidar observations were made 45 km north of Sagami Bay and 30 km west of …

[HTML][HTML] Partial CO2 column-averaged dry-air mixing ratio from measurements by coherent 2-μm differential absorption and wind LIDAR with laser frequency offset …

S Ishii, K Mizutani, P Baron, H Iwai… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
A coherent 2-μm differential absorption and wind lidar (Co2DiaWiL) with a 2-μm single-frequency
Q-switched laser with laser frequency offset locking was used for long-range CO 2 …

Structures of the sea‐breeze front in dual‐Doppler lidar observation and coupled mesoscale‐to‐LES modeling

G Chen, H Iwai, S Ishii, K Saito, H Seko… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sea‐breeze front (SBF) can cause dramatic changes in weather and air quality near the
coast. However, the observation and forecast of its three‐dimensional (3‐D) fine‐scale …