Doppler Lidar in the Wind Forecast Improvement Projects

Doppler Lidar in the Wind Forecast Improvement Projects

This paper will provide an overview of some projects in support of Wind Energy development involving Doppler lidar measurement of wind flow profiles. The high temporal and vertical resolution of these profiles allows the uncertainty of Numerical Weather Prediction models to be evaluated in forecasting dynamic processes and wind flow phenomena in the layer of rotor-blade operation.

Coherent Doppler lidar for wind farm characterization

Coherent Doppler lidar measurements are of increasing interest for the wind energy industry. Wind measurements are fundamental inputs for the evaluation of potential energy yield and performance of wind farms. Three-dimensional scanning Doppler lidar may provide a new basis for wind farm site selection, design and optimization. In this paper, the authors discuss Doppler lidar measurements obtai...

Status of the Doppler Wind Lidar Profiling Mission Adm-aeolus

The European Space Agency (ESA) 'Living Planet' programme (ESA, 1998, http://www.esa.int/livingplanet) is ESA's programme for observing the Earth. The programme represents a flexible and user-friendly approach to the whole concept of Earth observation from space. This programme includes both research and demonstration missions. As reported at the 5 Winds Workshop (Ingmann et al., 2000) the Atmo...

Wind Retrieval Algorithms for the Wind Products of the Airborne Coherent Doppler Lidar

The airborne coherent Doppler lidar could provide the wind velocity relative to the motion of the lidar. The retrieval algorithms are complex corresponding to Ground-based lidar, due to the Doppler shift caused by mobile platform. This article gives a thorough analysis of the wind retrieval algorithms for the wind products of airborne Doppler lidar, include the correction for the lidar velocity...

Analysis on wind retrieval methods for Rayleigh Doppler lidar