Assessing the accuracy of microwave radiometers and radio acoustic sounding systems for wind energy applications

Bianco, Laura; Friedrich, Katja; Wilczak, James M.; Hazen, Duane; Wolfe, Daniel; Delgado, Ruben; Oncley, Steven P.; Lundquist, Julie K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1707-2017

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09 May 2017

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| 09 May 2017

Assessing the accuracy of microwave radiometers and radio acoustic sounding systems for wind energy applications

Laura Bianco, Katja Friedrich, James M. Wilczak, Duane Hazen, Daniel Wolfe, Ruben Delgado, Steven P. Oncley, and Julie K. Lundquist

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RC1: 'Comments on the manuscript AMT-2016-321', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Nov 2016
RC2: 'Review for “Assessing the accuracy of microwave radiometers and radio acoustic sounding systems for wind energy applications” by Laura Bianco et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #2', Laura Bianco, 09 Feb 2017
AC1: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #1', Laura Bianco, 09 Feb 2017

Short summary

XPIA is a study held in 2015 at NOAA's Boulder Atmospheric Observatory facility, aimed at assessing remote-sensing capabilities for wind energy applications. We use well-defined reference systems to validate temperature retrieved by two microwave radiometers (MWRs) and virtual temperature measured by wind profiling radars with radio acoustic sounding systems (RASSs). Water vapor density and relative humidity by the MWRs were also compared with similar measurements from the reference systems.