Lidar arc scan uncertainty reduction through scanning geometry optimization

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1653-1669

  Wang, Hui ^a   Barthelmie, Rebecca J ^a   Pryor, Sara C ^b   Brown, Gareth ^c  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

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

^c SgurrEnergy Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TERRAIN; DOPPLER LIDAR; GEOMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84966309335     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-1653-2016     Document Type: Article

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