Field measurements of wind turbine wakes with lidars

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 274-287

  Iungo, Giacomo Valerio ^a   Wu, Yu Ting ^a   Porté Agel, Fernando ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL VELOCITY FIELDS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INERTIAL-RANGE SCALING BEHAVIOR; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; VERTICAL VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

LASER BEAMS; MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL DENSITY; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

OPTICAL RADAR;

DOPPLER LIDAR; FIELD METHOD; GPS; LASER METHOD; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TURBULENCE; WAKE; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84872158552     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00051.1     Document Type: Article

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