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High-fidelity retrieval from instantaneous line-of-sight returns of nacelle-mounted lidar including supervised machine learning
Wind Energy Computational Sciences, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USA
Thomas G. Herges
Wind Energy Computational Sciences, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USA
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Short summary
The character of the airflow around and within wind farms has a significant impact on the energy output and longevity of the wind turbines in the farm. For both research and control purposes, accurate measurements of the wind speed are required, and these are often accomplished with remote sensing devices. This article pertains to a field experiment of a lidar mounted to a wind turbine and demonstrates three data post-processing techniques with efficacy at extracting useful airflow information.
The character of the airflow around and within wind farms has a significant impact on the energy...