Instrumentation and computer capabilities for improving sodar data acquisition

A computer program has been developed to exploit the multimedia capabilities of a personal computer for a new design of sodar (sonic detection and ranging) data acquisition and control system with minimized hardware elements. Advantages include trouble-free, cost-effective and user-friendly sodar da...

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Published in:International journal of remote sensing 2011-01, Vol.32 (17), p.4807-4817
Main Authors: Gera, B. S, Raghavendra, T, Singh, G, Ojha, V. K, Malik, Joginder, Gera, Neha, Gupta, N. C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied geophysics
Biological and medical sciences
Computer programs
computer software
Design engineering
Earth atmosphere
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects. Techniques
Hardware
Instrumentation
Internal geophysics
measuring devices
Multimedia
On-line systems
Sodar
Teledetection and vegetation maps
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Summary:A computer program has been developed to exploit the multimedia capabilities of a personal computer for a new design of sodar (sonic detection and ranging) data acquisition and control system with minimized hardware elements. Advantages include trouble-free, cost-effective and user-friendly sodar data acquisition using any standard computer. The new design overcomes limitations due to using an add-on data acquisition card with conventional computer-controlled sodar. The data can be processed to produce online display of the dynamics of prevailing atmospheric boundary layer thermal structures and inversion/mixing depth for environmental applications.
ISSN:1366-5901
0143-1161
1366-5901
DOI:10.1080/01431161.2010.489072