Harmonised boundary layer wind profile dataset from six ground-based Doppler wind lidars in a transect across Paris, France
Abstract. Doppler wind lidars (DWL) offer high-resolution wind profile measurements that are valuable for understanding atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) dynamics. Here six ground-based DWL, deployed in a multi-institutional effort along a 40 km transect through the centre of Paris (France), are used to retrieve horizontal wind speed and direction through the ABL at 18–25 m vertical and 1–60 min temporal resolution. Data are available for June 2022–March 2024 (three DWL) and two Intensive Observation Periods (six DWL) across 9 weeks in September 2023–December 2023. Data from all sensors are harmonised in terms of quality control, file format, as well as temporal and vertical resolutions. The quality of this DWL dataset is evaluated against in-situ measurements at the Eiffel Tower and radiosonde profiles. This unique, spatially dense, open dataset will allow urban boundary layer dynamics to be explored in process-studies, and is further valuable for the evaluation of high-resolution weather, climate, inverse and air pollution models that resolve city-scale processes. The dataset is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14761503 (Morrison et al., 2025).
Authors
- William H. Morrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9546-0805)
- James McGregor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8088-5950)
- Valéry Masson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8807-0545)
- Simone Kotthaus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4051-0705)
- Bernie Claxton
- Andreas Christen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3864-1703)
- Sue Grimmond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3166-9415)
- Christopher Holst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1911-6519)
- Jeremy Price (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4245-0961)
- Aurélien Faucheux
- Matthias Zeeman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9186-2519)
- Marc-Antoine Drouin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9669-5673)
- Jonnathan Céspedes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1758-6100)
- Martial Haeffelin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9889-1507)
- Dana Looschelders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2000-2728)
- Jean-Charles Dupont
Institutions
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
- Met Office (GB)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École nationale des ponts et chaussées (FR)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- École Normale Supérieure - PSL (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (FR)
- Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (FR)
- Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (FR)
- Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Environnement Atmosphérique (FR)
- University of Reading (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Earth system science data
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-6507-2025
- Primary Topic
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00