Wind measurements from arc scans with Doppler wind lidar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2024-2040

  Wang, Hui ^a   Barthelmie, R J ^a   Clifton, A ^b   Pryor, S C ^c  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Data processing; Lidars Lidar observations

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATA HANDLING; DATA PROCESSING; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; WIND POWER;

DOPPLER WIND LIDAR; ENERGY APPLICATIONS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; LIDARS/LIDAR OBSERVATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL TOWER; SCANNING GEOMETRY; TURBULENCE PROPERTIES; WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

WIND;

ANEMOMETER; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA PROCESSING; DOPPLER LIDAR; WIND DIRECTION; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84950252770     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00059.1     Document Type: Article

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