Measuring a utility-scale turbine wake using the ttuka mobile research radars

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 765-771

  Hirth, Brian D ^a   Schroeder, John L ^a   Gunter, W Scott ^a   Guynes, Jerry G ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; KA BAND; LIDAR SYSTEMS; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; RADAR CAPABILITY; RADIAL VELOCITY; RANGE-HEIGHT INDICATORS; SCANNING TECHNIQUES; TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY; WAKE MEANDERING; WAKE STRUCTURES; WIND PARK; WIND SPEED;

OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; TURBINES; WAKES; WIND POWER;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

FLOW STRUCTURE; LIDAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR; WAKE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84864775790     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00039.1     Document Type: Article

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