Improvement of vertical velocity statistics measured by a Doppler lidar through comparison with sonic anemometer observations

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 5833-5852

  Bonin, Timothy A ^a,d   Newman, Jennifer F ^a,e   Klein, Petra M ^a   Chilson, Phillip B ^a,b   Wharton, Sonia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d National Renewable Energy Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^e NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETER; BOUNDARY LAYER; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DOPPLER LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY PROFILE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND POWER;

EID: 85006099999     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-5833-2016     Document Type: Article

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