Multi-lidar wind resource mapping in complex terrain

Menke, Robert; Vasiljević, Nikola; Wagner, Johannes; Oncley, Steven P.; Mann, Jakob

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-1059-2020

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24 Aug 2020

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Multi-lidar wind resource mapping in complex terrain

Robert Menke, Nikola Vasiljević, Johannes Wagner, Steven P. Oncley, and Jakob Mann

Data sets

Perdigão-2017: multi-lidar flow mapping over the complex terrain site Menke, R., Mann, J., and Vasiljević, N. https://doi.org/10.11583/DTU.7228544.v1

NCAR/EOL Quality Controlled 5-minute ISFS surface flux data, geographic coordinate, tilt corrected. Version 1.1 UCAR/NCAR – Earth Observing Laboratory https://doi.org/10.26023/zdmj-d1ty-fg14

NCAR/EOL Quality Controlled High-rate ISFS surface flux data, geographic coordinate, tilt corrected. Version 1.1 UCAR/NCAR – Earth Observing Laboratory https://doi.org/10.26023/8x1n-tct4-p50x

Short summary

The estimation of wind resources in complex terrain is challenging as the wind conditions change significantly over short distances, different to flat terrain, where spatial changes are small. We demonstrate in this work that wind lidars can remotely map wind resources over large areas. This will have implications for the planning of wind energy projects and ultimately reduce uncertainties in wind resource estimations in complex terrain, making such areas more interesting for future development.