Assessment of virtual towers performed with scanning wind lidars and Ka-band radars during the XPIA experiment

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

doi:10.5194/amt-10-1215-2017

Title: Assessment of virtual towers performed with scanning wind lidars and Ka-band radars during the XPIA experiment

Journal Article · Wed Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1215-2017· OSTI ID:1349153

Debnath, Mithu; Iungo, Giacomo Valerio; Brewer, W. Alan; Choukulkar, Aditya;

; Gunter, Scott;

; Schroeder, John L.; Wilczak, James M.; Wolfe, Daniel

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. As a result, 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.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AFA-5-52027-01 under AC36-08GO28308; AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1349153

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1352733

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5000-68385

Journal Information:: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online), Journal Name: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online) Vol. 10 Journal Issue: 3; ISSN 1867-8548

Publisher:: Copernicus Publications, EGUCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Germany

Language:: English

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