Vertical profiles of the 3-D wind velocity retrieved from multiple wind lidars performing triple range-height-indicator scans
Abstract
Vertical profiles of 3-D wind velocity are retrieved from triple range-height-indicator (RHI) scans performed with multiple simultaneous scanning Doppler wind lidars. This test is part of the eXperimental Planetary boundary layer Instrumentation Assessment (XPIA) campaign carried out at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory. The three wind velocity components are retrieved and then compared with the data acquired through various profiling wind lidars and high-frequency wind data obtained from sonic anemometers installed on a 300 m meteorological tower. The results show that the magnitude of the horizontal wind velocity and the wind direction obtained from the triple RHI scans are generally retrieved with good accuracy. Furthermore, poor accuracy is obtained for the evaluation of the vertical velocity, which is mainly due to its typically smaller magnitude and to the error propagation connected with the data retrieval procedure and accuracy in the experimental setup.
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- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1342620
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1345714
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5000-68054
Journal ID: ISSN 1867-8548
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AFA-5-52027-01; AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online) Journal Volume: 10 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1867-8548
- Publisher:
- Copernicus Publications, EGU
- Country of Publication:
- Germany
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; wind lidars; XPIA; wind velocity; vertical profiles
Citation Formats
Debnath, Mithu, Iungo, G. Valerio, Ashton, Ryan, Brewer, W. Alan, Choukulkar, Aditya, Delgado, Ruben, Lundquist, Julie K., Shaw, William J., Wilczak, James M., and Wolfe, Daniel. Vertical profiles of the 3-D wind velocity retrieved from multiple wind lidars performing triple range-height-indicator scans. Germany: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.5194/amt-10-431-2017.
Debnath, Mithu, Iungo, G. Valerio, Ashton, Ryan, Brewer, W. Alan, Choukulkar, Aditya, Delgado, Ruben, Lundquist, Julie K., Shaw, William J., Wilczak, James M., & Wolfe, Daniel. Vertical profiles of the 3-D wind velocity retrieved from multiple wind lidars performing triple range-height-indicator scans. Germany. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-431-2017
Debnath, Mithu, Iungo, G. Valerio, Ashton, Ryan, Brewer, W. Alan, Choukulkar, Aditya, Delgado, Ruben, Lundquist, Julie K., Shaw, William J., Wilczak, James M., and Wolfe, Daniel. 2017.
"Vertical profiles of the 3-D wind velocity retrieved from multiple wind lidars performing triple range-height-indicator scans". Germany. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-431-2017.
@article{osti_1342620,
title = {Vertical profiles of the 3-D wind velocity retrieved from multiple wind lidars performing triple range-height-indicator scans},
author = {Debnath, Mithu and Iungo, G. Valerio and Ashton, Ryan and Brewer, W. Alan and Choukulkar, Aditya and Delgado, Ruben and Lundquist, Julie K. and Shaw, William J. and Wilczak, James M. and Wolfe, Daniel},
abstractNote = {Vertical profiles of 3-D wind velocity are retrieved from triple range-height-indicator (RHI) scans performed with multiple simultaneous scanning Doppler wind lidars. This test is part of the eXperimental Planetary boundary layer Instrumentation Assessment (XPIA) campaign carried out at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory. The three wind velocity components are retrieved and then compared with the data acquired through various profiling wind lidars and high-frequency wind data obtained from sonic anemometers installed on a 300 m meteorological tower. The results show that the magnitude of the horizontal wind velocity and the wind direction obtained from the triple RHI scans are generally retrieved with good accuracy. Furthermore, poor accuracy is obtained for the evaluation of the vertical velocity, which is mainly due to its typically smaller magnitude and to the error propagation connected with the data retrieval procedure and accuracy in the experimental setup.},
doi = {10.5194/amt-10-431-2017},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1342620},
journal = {Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online)},
issn = {1867-8548},
number = 2,
volume = 10,
place = {Germany},
year = {Mon Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Mon Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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