Wind coherence measurement by a single pulsed Doppler wind lidar

A single pulsed Doppler wind lidar, deployed at the FINO1 platform in the North Sea, has been used to monitor the lateral and vertical coherence of the along-wind component. To maximize the sampling frequency of the monitoring system, a particular configuration based on small sweeping angles around the mean wind direction is used. The set-up provides wind velocity measurement with an increasing cross-flow separation with increasing distances from the lidar. We present hereby preliminary results from the analysis of the Plan Position Indicator scans carried out with a sampling frequency of 0.13 Hz, and the Range Height Indicator scans sampled at 0.19 Hz. The mean velocity and the turbulence intensity indicated a sufficiently uniform flow, which was verified by the calculation of the along and crosswind turbulence length scales. The lateral and vertical coherence was estimated based on multiple 10-minutes samples, for a mean wind velocity ranging from 10 to 14 m s -1. For the conditions examined, the measured coherence showed a good agreement with the IEC model for low and medium cross-flow separations, and a fairly good agreement with the Froya model for large separations.

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