Lidar investigation of atmosphere effect on a wind turbine wake

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2554-2570

  Smalikho, I N ^a   Banakh, V A ^a   Pichugina, Y L ^b   Brewer, W A ^b   Banta, R M ^b   Lundquist, J K ^c   Kelley, N D ^c  

^a V E ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS   (Russian Federation)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT DOPPLER LIDAR; HIGH WIND SPEED; LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; TURBULENT ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; WIND STRENGTH; WIND STRUCTURE; WIND TURBINE WAKES;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; WAKES;

WIND TURBINES;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TURBULENCE; WAKE; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84884204081     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00108.1     Document Type: Article

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