Can wind lidars measure turbulence?

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 853-868

  Sathe, A ^a   Mann, J ^b   Gottschall, J ^b   Courtney, M S ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lidars; Turbulence; Wind

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CURRENT MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATIONS; FLAT TERRAINS; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; LIDARS; MODEL RESULTS; SCANNING TECHNIQUES; SECOND ORDER MOMENT; SONIC ANEMOMETER; TEST SITE; VELOCITY FIELD; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WIND LIDAR; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ERRORS; LOW PASS FILTERS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

OPTICAL RADAR;

ANEMOMETER; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIDAR; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 80051766468     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-10-05004.1     Document Type: Article

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