Floating lidar as an advanced offshore wind speed measurement technique: current technology status and gap analysis in regard to full maturity

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Gottschall, Julia ^a   Gribben, Brian ^b   Stein, Detlef ^c   Würth, Ines ^d  

^a FRAUNHOFER IWES   (Germany)

^b Frazer Nash Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^c DNV GL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; WIND POWER;

COMPENSATION STRATEGY; INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY; OFFSHORE CONDITIONS; OFFSHORE WIND MEASUREMENT; OFFSHORE WIND SPEED; RECOMMENDED PRACTICE; WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

WIND;

EID: 85019031977     PISSN: 20418396     EISSN: 2041840X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wene.250     Document Type: Review

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