LabVIEW software for lidar simulation

The use of coherent Doppler lidar for measuring atmospheric wind fields attracts considerable interest. A number of computer programs have been developed to simulate atmospheric return signals and extract wind speed information from it. We present a new software toolbox based on LabVIEW, differing from previous ones not only by a brilliant graphical user interface but also by stochastic return signal simulation, sophisticated heterodyne front end modelling and the choice among several frequency estimators.