Wind turbine impact on operational weather radar I/Q data: characterisation and filtering

Norin, Lars

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1739-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1739-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1739-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 5

Research article

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10 May 2017

Research article |

| 10 May 2017

Wind turbine impact on operational weather radar I/Q data: characterisation and filtering

Lars Norin

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RC1: 'Very good paper!', David de la Vega, 20 Feb 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to referee #1', Lars Norin, 10 Apr 2017
RC2: 'AMT-2017-12 Review', Jim Kurdzo, 20 Mar 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to referee #2', Lars Norin, 10 Apr 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Lars Norin on behalf of the Authors (11 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Apr 2017) by Gianfranco Vulpiani

RR by Jim Kurdzo (13 Apr 2017)

ED: Publish as is (14 Apr 2017) by Gianfranco Vulpiani

AR by Lars Norin on behalf of the Authors (14 Apr 2017)

Short summary

Wind turbines in the line of sight of a weather radar can have a negative impact on the quality of the radar's measurements. Wind turbine echoes have proven difficult to filter due to their complex and time-varying nature. In this work we present recordings of high-resolution low-level data from a Swedish weather radar. A characteristic and robust signature from wind turbines is found. A simple wind turbine filter is presented and applied to the recorded data.