Articles | Volume 5, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-977-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-977-2020
Brief communication
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03 Aug 2020
Brief communication |  | 03 Aug 2020

Brief communication: Nowcasting of precipitation for leading-edge-erosion-safe mode

Anna-Maria Tilg, Charlotte Bay Hasager, Hans-Jürgen Kirtzel, and Poul Hummelshøj

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AR by Anna-Maria Tilg on behalf of the Authors (11 May 2020)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (19 May 2020) by Rebecca Barthelmie
AR by Anna-Maria Tilg on behalf of the Authors (29 May 2020)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (15 Jun 2020) by Rebecca Barthelmie
ED: Publish as is (22 Jun 2020) by Jakob Mann (Chief editor)
AR by Anna-Maria Tilg on behalf of the Authors (30 Jun 2020)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Recently, there has been an increased awareness of leading-edge erosion of wind turbine blades. An option to mitigate the erosion at the leading edges is the deceleration of the wind turbine blades during severe precipitation events. This work shows that a vertically pointing radar can be used to nowcast precipitation events with the required spatial and temporal resolution. Furthermore, nowcasting allows a reduction in the rotational speed prior to the impact of precipitation on the blades.
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