Horizontal-velocity and variance measurements in the stable boundary layer using Doppler lidar: Sensitivity to averaging procedures

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1307-1327

  Pichugina, Yelena L ^a   Banta, Robert M ^b   Kelley, Neil D ^c   Jonkman, Bonnie J ^c   Tucker, Sara C ^a   Newsom, Rob K ^d   Brewer, W Alan ^b  

^a Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA SETS; DOPPLER LIDARS; EULERIAN INTEGRALS; HIGH-RESOLUTION DOPPLER LIDARS; HORIZONTAL WINDS; IN-SITU INSTRUMENTS; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; LINE-OF-SIGHT; LOW LEVEL JET; MEAN WIND SPEED; NON-STATIONARITY; QUANTITATIVE DATA; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SCANNING TECHNIQUES; SONIC ANEMOMETER; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; STREAMWISE VELOCITY; TEMPORAL AVERAGING; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL SLICES;

AERODYNAMICS; ANEMOMETERS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; OPTICAL RADAR; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TOWERS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND POWER;

ANEMOMETER; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DOPPLER LIDAR; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65949112038     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA988.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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