TY - JOUR
T1 - Diurnal evolution of wind structure and data availability measured by the DOE prototype radar system
AU - Hirth, Brian D.
AU - Schroeder, John L.
AU - Guynes, Jerry G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2017/11/23
Y1 - 2017/11/23
N2 - A new Doppler radar prototype has been developed and deployed at Texas Tech University with a focus on enhancing the technologies' capability to contribute to wind plant relevant complex flow measurements. In particular, improvements in data availability, total data coverage, and autonomous operation were targeted to enable contributions to a wider range of wind energy applications. Doppler radar offers rapid scan speeds, extended maximum range and excellent along-beam range resolution allowing for the simultaneous measurement of various wind phenomena ranging from regional and wind plant scales to inflow and wake flow assessment for an individual turbine. Data examples and performance improvements relative to a previous edition of the technology are presented, including insights into the influence of diurnal atmospheric stability evolution of wind structure and system performance.
AB - A new Doppler radar prototype has been developed and deployed at Texas Tech University with a focus on enhancing the technologies' capability to contribute to wind plant relevant complex flow measurements. In particular, improvements in data availability, total data coverage, and autonomous operation were targeted to enable contributions to a wider range of wind energy applications. Doppler radar offers rapid scan speeds, extended maximum range and excellent along-beam range resolution allowing for the simultaneous measurement of various wind phenomena ranging from regional and wind plant scales to inflow and wake flow assessment for an individual turbine. Data examples and performance improvements relative to a previous edition of the technology are presented, including insights into the influence of diurnal atmospheric stability evolution of wind structure and system performance.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/926/1/012003
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/926/1/012003
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85038015790
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 926
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - 1
M1 - 012003
T2 - WindEurope Conference and Exhibition 2017
Y2 - 28 November 2017 through 30 November 2017
ER -