Airborne Doppler lidar analyses and adaptive targeting system (ADLAATS)

The primary Phase I technical objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of converting an existing set of functional code meant for post-flight processing and visualization of airborne DWL data into a form that better meets the timeliness and data volume requirements associated with on-board data processing and data transmission for use by the Army's IMETS models and tactical decision aides. These real-time wind and aerosol data represent a major new input to the support network for the US Army's Objective Force. During Phase I we will conduct a proof-of- concept demonstration of a software package (ADLAATS: Airborne Doppler Lidar Analyses and Adaptive Targeting System) that will process raw DWL data in real-time (onboard aircraft) and provide derived products (wind components, aerosol backscatter and the variability of both the winds and aerosols) that can be displayed and/or transmitted to a ground station in a timely fashion. Additional information on the depth of the PBL, identification of anomalies in aerosol backscatter or winds, enabled adaptive selection of scan patterns and enabled adaptive space/time data averaging will be included. We will also develop plans for Phase II field tests of ADLAATS and numerical model impact evaluations.