"This summary describes the Wind Profiler Demonstration Network (WPDN), developed and operated by NOAA's Environmental Research Laboratories (ERL) - Forecast Systems Laboratory (FLS) - Demonstration Division, in conjunction with the research, development, and operational support of other ERL and National Weather Service (NWS) groups and staff. It provides the history, background, and concept of a remote wind measurement system, then explains what a wind profiler is, how it operates, what the demonstration network is, and what data are generated and available to customers of the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).

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