Testing and validation of multi-lidar scanning strategies for wind energy applications

Wind Energy

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2239-2254

  Newman, Jennifer F ^a,d   Bonin, Timothy A ^a,e   Klein, Petra M ^a   Wharton, Sonia ^b   Newsom, Rob K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler lidar; scanning lidar; turbulence; virtual tower

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COPYRIGHTS; DOPPLER EFFECT; SCANNING; TOWERS; TURBULENCE; VECTOR SPACES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; DOPPLER LIDARS; DOPPLER TECHNIQUES; ENERGY APPLICATIONS; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; UNSTABLE CONDITIONS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

ANEMOMETER; DOPPLER LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENCE; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84961266913     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.1978     Document Type: Article

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