Evaluation of three lidar scanning strategies for turbulence measurements

Newman, Jennifer F.; Klein, Petra M.; Wharton, Sonia; Sathe, Ameya; Bonin, Timothy A.; Chilson, Phillip B.; Muschinski, Andreas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1993-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 5

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 1993–2013, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1993-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 1993–2013, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1993-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 5

Research article 03 May 2016

Research article | 03 May 2016

Evaluation of three lidar scanning strategies for turbulence measurements

Jennifer F. Newman et al.

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RC C4392: 'Wind variance by lidar', Stephan Rahm, 18 Dec 2015
- AC C4604: 'Re: Interactive comment on “Evaluation of three lidar scanning strategies for turbulence measurements” by J. F. Newman et al.', Jennifer Newman, 04 Jan 2016
  - AC C5517: 'Revised submission with mark-up', Jennifer Newman, 22 Feb 2016
RC C5177: 'Review of the manuscript', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Jan 2016
- AC C5777: 'Response to review', Jennifer Newman, 19 Mar 2016

Short summary

Remote sensing devices known as lidars are often used to take measurements at potential wind farm sites. These instruments are however not optimized for measuring turbulence, small-scale changes in wind speed. In this manuscript, the impact of lidar configurations and atmospheric conditions on turbulence accuracy is explored. A new method was developed to correct lidar turbulence measurements and is described in detail such that other lidar users can apply it to their own instruments.