Turbine-scale wind field measurements using dual-Doppler lidar

Wind Energy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 219-235

  Newsom, Rob K ^a   Berg, Larry K ^a   Shaw, William J ^a   Fischer, Marc L ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler lidar; Dual Doppler; Wind measurement

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DOPPLER EFFECT; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIOSONDES; SPEED; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WIND;

DOPPLER LIDARS; DUAL DOPPLER; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; PLAN POSITION INDICATORS; RADIAL-VELOCITY OBSERVATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION; VELOCITY-AZIMUTH DISPLAY; WIND MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84921876774     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.1691     Document Type: Article

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