ENA/MAO/OLI/PGH/PVC/SGP/TWP/DLPROF/C1/C3/M1 - Reprocess: Suspect error estimates

The current dlprofwind4news VAP generates time- and height-resolved estimates of wind 
speed, wind direction, and corresponding uncertainties from Doppler lidar PPI scans. A recent 
comparison with a heavily instrumented tall tower (BAO) has shown that the error 
estimates are biased low and exhibit poor correlation with the observed lidar-tower differences. 
We note that the measurements themselves (i.e. wind speed and direction) are minimally 
affected by this issue.

Users should not use the reported error estimates to quantify uncertainty in the wind 

speed and wind direction measurements. Users should also not use the reported error 
estimates as a means of quality control. As a work around, quality control should be based 
on the fit residual (i.e. the variable called "residual").

• wind_direction_error
• u_error
• v_error
• w_error
• wind_speed_error