Articles | Volume 10, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2881-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2881-2017
Research article
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14 Aug 2017
Research article |  | 14 Aug 2017

Three-dimensional structure of wind turbine wakes as measured by scanning lidar

Nicola Bodini, Dino Zardi, and Julie K. Lundquist

Model code and software

Multiple-wake detection algorithm for CWEX-13 Nicola Bodini https://github.com/nicolabodini/CWEX13

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Short summary
Wind turbine wakes have considerable impacts on downwind turbines in wind farms, given their slower wind speeds and increased turbulence. Based on lidar measurements, we apply a quantitative algorithm to assess wake parameters for wakes from a row of four turbines in CWEX-13 campaign. We describe how wake characteristics evolve, and for the first time we quantify the relation between wind veer and a stretching of the wake structures, and we highlight different results for inner and outer wakes.