Performance of a wind-profiling lidar in the region of wind turbine rotor disks

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-355

  Aitken, Matthew L ^a   Rhodes, Michael E ^a   Lundquist, Julie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT; BACK-SCATTERED; CARRIER TO NOISE RATIO; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COHERENT DETECTION; DATA AVAILABILITY; ENERGY SECTOR; IN-SITU; LASER LIGHTS; METEOROLOGICAL TOWER; PERFORMANCE BASED; PM2.5 CONCENTRATION; TURBINE PERFORMANCE; TURBINE ROTOR DISKS; TURBULENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO; VERTICAL WIND; WIND FARM; WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WIND RESOURCES; WIND SPEED; WIND TURBINE ROTORS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DOPPLER EFFECT; LIDAR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TURBULENCE; WIND FARM; WIND PROFILE; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84856929577     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00033.1     Document Type: Article

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