3D wind measurement with a wind lidar including a quad-Mach-Zehnder interferometer developed for on-board measurement
- Type de publi. : Communication dans un congrès
- Date de publi. : 23/06/2025
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Auteurs :
David-Tomline MichelLaurent BizetThibault BoulantMatthieu VallaAmaury Capmas-PernetNicolas CézardFrédéric DambrevilleFlorence de La BarrièreYann FerrecJosué GauthierOlivier GazzanoDidier GoularJulien HouyLaurent LombardJean-François MariscalChristian MussoPerrault PhilippeChristophe PlanchatP. PichonJonathan PouillaudeNicolas Rouanet
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Organismes :
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
DOTA, ONERA, Université de Toulouse [Toulouse]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Châtillon]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
ATMOSPHERE - LATMOS
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
ATMOSPHERE - LATMOS
Résumé : On-board 3D wind measurement at all altitudes has numerous aeronautical applications (Gust Load Alleviation, HAPS, etc.) or space (wind measurement with Aeolus, calibration/validation of Aeolus data). This 3D wind measurement is particularly interesting in turbulent wind for several applications such as weather and climate forecasting, planning and safety of aircraft during their flight, transport of aerosols and pollution, monitoring of weather conditions in case disasters, wind power generation, forest fires and volcanic plume movement. (see session A.01.09). The instrument developed for this type of measurement is the direct detection UV lidar which sends a laser pulse into the atmosphere and determines, with a spectral analyzer, the wind projected on the axis of the lidar from the Doppler shift induced by the particles (low altitude) and molecules (high altitudes) of the atmosphere. To measure the radial wind, the quad Mach-Zehnder (QMZ) interferometer is, to our knowledge, the best compromise between precision and robustness [D. Bruneau and J. Pelon, ATM. Measures. Technology. 14 4375-2021 (2021)]. Additionally, such an analyzer can also be used to determine particle backscatter coefficients, extinction coefficient and can be extended with a dedicated channel for aerosol and cloud polarization analysis. This is why, at ONERA, we are developing an all-altitude wind lidar solution based on a QMZ analyzer. The 3D wind is then reconstructed by addressing the lidar axis in several directions and using an algorithm (C. Musso et al., session A.01.09) to recover the 3D wind components from the measured wind projections. This instrument includes several solutions to obtain a vibration-robust version of the different lidar components (analyzer, laser, transmission/reception, scanning system and overall instrument). The QMZ interferometer is a two-wave interferometer that provides four signals of the two-wave interference pattern, in phase quadrature, used to determine the frequency shift of backscattered light energy and derive the radial wind speed. The advantages of the QMZ interferometer, compared to other solutions, are as follows: (1) it is not sensitive to the frequency drift of the laser source, (2) it is not sensitive to the shape of the backscattered spectrum, (3) it gives a small statistical error equal to 2.35 (εvr)ISA where (εvr)ISA is the error obtained for an ideal analyzer, (4) it can include a field compensation design which allows a wide angle of incident field and facilitates their adaptation with an extended wide beam system, and (5) it uses mono-detectors which do not truncate the collected signal (compared to marginal imaging systems). In order to be on-board, two architectures of interferometers robust to vibrations are developed at ONERA: (1) a first based on commercial components and (2) a second monolithic, made up of adhesion of all the optical components. The first version is cheaper and easier to study in depth while the second version is more solid. To obtain architectures insensitive to angular misalignment, both are composed of a single separator and two retroreflective optics. An innovative calibration procedure was developed to determine the exact contrast and phase difference between the four outputs based on the Lissajou curves. The two architectures, their simulated performances and the first experimental results will be presented. In addition to the spectral analyzer, the wind lidar includes several components that must be compacted and reinforced to be able to be used on aircraft. Typically used solid-state UV lasers are very sensitive to vibrations (especially the laser cavity) and their use on board generally requires using a lot of metal to make it insensitive to vibrations, leading to very heavy and expensive solutions. To resolve this problem, we are developing a solution based on a fiber laser which has the advantage of being, in the long term, lighter and more robust to vibrations. The architecture of the system used to address/focus the laser in the probed region and collect the backscattered light from this region is generally designed in a bistatic configuration where the optical axes of the two systems are determined with different optics. However, the transmission and reception must have the same axis, which poses a problem in vibration conditions, for long distance measurements, due to the large lever arm of the two systems. To avoid this problem, we have developed a new monostatic configuration close to that commonly used for heterodyne lidars. To address the beam in different directions, we design a static system comprising several duplicated monostatic transmit/receive instruments. A time multiplexing method is developed to use a shared spectral analyzer to process all axes. The addressed angles were optimized using the 3D wind reconstruction algorithm presented in (C. Musso et al., session A.01.09). The design of all these components will be presented. The project 101101974 – UP Wing is supported by the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking and its members. Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them
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