Development of a Ballon-Borne Barge-Mounted Wind Measurement Platform
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is developing a low-cost, environmentally safe, and weather-proof sensor system that can be deployed offshore for extended periods of time for wind resource monitoring. The system has clear economic benefits over meteorological (met) tower approaches and is easily relocated to multiple locations across a project site. The end development goal is a buoy or barge-based, balloon-borne atmospheric measurement platform that operates autonomously in all but the most severe weather conditions, provides data of comparable accuracy to a met tower, and provides more accurate wind data at higher altitudes than floating lidar at half the cost.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 1762677
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2019-8109R; 677571
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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