During the eXperimental Planetary boundary layer Instrumentation Assessment (XPIA) campaign, which was carried out at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) in spring 2015, multiple-Doppler scanning strategies were carried out with scanning wind lidars and Ka-band radars. Specifically, step–stare measurements were collected simultaneously with three scanning Doppler lidars, while two scanning Ka-band radars carried out simultaneous range height indicator (RHI) scans. The XPIA experiment provided the unique opportunity to compare directly virtual-tower measurements performed simultaneously with Ka-band radars and Doppler wind lidars. Furthermore, multiple-Doppler measurements were assessed against sonic anemometer data acquired from the meteorological tower (met-tower) present at the BAO site and a lidar wind profiler. This survey shows that – despite the different technologies, measurement volumes and sampling periods used for the lidar and radar measurements – a very good accuracy is achieved for both remote-sensing techniques for probing horizontal wind speed and wind direction with the virtual-tower scanning technique.
Debnath, Mithu, et al. "Assessment of virtual towers performed with scanning wind lidars and Ka-band radars during the XPIA experiment." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online), vol. 10, no. 3, Mar. 2017. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1215-2017
Debnath, Mithu, Iungo, Giacomo Valerio, Brewer, W. Alan, Choukulkar, Aditya, Delgado, Ruben, Gunter, Scott, Lundquist, Julie K., Schroeder, John L., Wilczak, James M., & Wolfe, Daniel (2017). Assessment of virtual towers performed with scanning wind lidars and Ka-band radars during the XPIA experiment. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online), 10(3). https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1215-2017
Debnath, Mithu, Iungo, Giacomo Valerio, Brewer, W. Alan, et al., "Assessment of virtual towers performed with scanning wind lidars and Ka-band radars during the XPIA experiment," Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online) 10, no. 3 (2017), https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1215-2017
@article{osti_1349153,
author = {Debnath, Mithu and Iungo, Giacomo Valerio and Brewer, W. Alan and Choukulkar, Aditya and Delgado, Ruben and Gunter, Scott and Lundquist, Julie K. and Schroeder, John L. and Wilczak, James M. and Wolfe, Daniel},
title = {Assessment of virtual towers performed with scanning wind lidars and Ka-band radars during the XPIA experiment},
annote = {During the eXperimental Planetary boundary layer Instrumentation Assessment (XPIA) campaign, which was carried out at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) in spring 2015, multiple-Doppler scanning strategies were carried out with scanning wind lidars and Ka-band radars. Specifically, step–stare measurements were collected simultaneously with three scanning Doppler lidars, while two scanning Ka-band radars carried out simultaneous range height indicator (RHI) scans. The XPIA experiment provided the unique opportunity to compare directly virtual-tower measurements performed simultaneously with Ka-band radars and Doppler wind lidars. Furthermore, multiple-Doppler measurements were assessed against sonic anemometer data acquired from the meteorological tower (met-tower) present at the BAO site and a lidar wind profiler. This survey shows that – despite the different technologies, measurement volumes and sampling periods used for the lidar and radar measurements – a very good accuracy is achieved for both remote-sensing techniques for probing horizontal wind speed and wind direction with the virtual-tower scanning technique.},
doi = {10.5194/amt-10-1215-2017},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1349153},
journal = {Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online)},
issn = {ISSN 1867-8548},
number = {3},
volume = {10},
place = {Germany},
publisher = {Copernicus Publications, EGU},
year = {2017},
month = {03}}