Articles | Volume 8, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-729-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-729-2015
Research article
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12 Feb 2015
Research article |  | 12 Feb 2015

A six-beam method to measure turbulence statistics using ground-based wind lidars

A. Sathe, J. Mann, N. Vasiljevic, and G. Lea

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A so-called six-beam method is proposed to measure atmospheric turbulence using a ground-based wind lidar. This method is presented as an alternative to the so-called velocity azimuth display (VAD) method that is routinely used in commercial wind lidars, and which usually results in significant averaging effects of measured turbulence.