Masaki Hamada

I joined the lidar group in September of 2012 and completed a masters degree in Environmental Science in 2014. My research is to quantify the performance of the cross-correlation algorithm that our group uses to derive vector flow fields from REAL scan data.

Publications

Hamada, M., 2014: Evaluations of the performance of a cross-correlation algorithm for wind velocity estimation using synthetic backscatter lidar images and velocity fields, Master of Science, Thesis, Environmental Science, California State University, Chico.

Hamada, M. and S. D. Mayor, 2014: Critical evaluation of the cross-correlation algorithm using synthetic backscatter images and synthetic wind velocity fields. Poster Presentation at the College of Natural Sciences Annual Poster Session. 30 April. Poster

Hamada, M., P. Dérian, and S. D. Mayor, 2013: Tests of the cross-correlation algorithm using synthetic backscatter lidar images and wind fields. Presentation A13G-0311 in Weather-Driven Renewable Energy Posters, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-13 December. Poster

Hamada, M. and S. D. Mayor, 2013: Preliminary evaluation of the cross-correlation algorithm for determining 2-component wind vectors from synthetic atmospheric aerosol lidar data. Poster Presentation at the College of Natural Sciences Annual Poster Session. 3 May. Poster