High-resolution wind speed measurements using actively heated fiber optics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 10064-10073

  Sayde, Chadi ^a   Thomas, Christoph K ^a,b   Wagner, James ^a   Selker, John ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

distributed measurements; DTS; fiber optics; temperature; turbulence; wind speed

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANEMOMETERS; FIBER OPTICS; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENCE;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISTRIBUTED MEASUREMENTS; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING SYSTEMS; DTS; MEASUREMENT OF VELOCITY; MEASURING TEMPERATURE; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED MEASUREMENT;

WIND;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANEMOMETER; CABLE; CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIBER OPTICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TRANSECT; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84956950263     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066729     Document Type: Article

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