Vertical profiles of the 3-D wind velocity retrieved from multiple wind lidars performing triple range-height-indicator scans

Debnath, Mithu; Iungo, G. Valerio; Ashton, Ryan; Brewer, W. Alan; Choukulkar, Aditya; Delgado, Ruben; Lundquist, Julie K.; Shaw, William J.; Wilczak, James M.; Wolfe, Daniel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-431-2017

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06 Feb 2017

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| 06 Feb 2017

Vertical profiles of the 3-D wind velocity retrieved from multiple wind lidars performing triple range-height-indicator scans

Mithu Debnath, G. Valerio Iungo, Ryan Ashton, W. Alan Brewer, Aditya Choukulkar, Ruben Delgado, Julie K. Lundquist, William J. Shaw, James M. Wilczak, and Daniel Wolfe

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RC1: 'Referee Review', Mike Courtney, 16 Jul 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to the Review by Mike Courtney', Valerio Iungo, 25 Aug 2016
RC2: 'Review of Debnath et al "Vertical profiles ..."', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Sep 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to the comments by Reviewer 1', Valerio Iungo, 09 Oct 2016

Short summary

Triple RHI scans were performed with three simultaneous scanning Doppler wind lidars and assessed with lidar profiler and sonic anemometer data. This test is part of the XPIA experiment. The scan strategy consists in two lidars performing co-planar RHI scans, while a third lidar measures the transversal velocity component. The results show that horizontal velocity and wind direction are measured with good accuracy, while the vertical velocity is typically measured with a significant error.