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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-515-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-515-2023
Research article
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12 Apr 2023
Research article |  | 12 Apr 2023

Multi-point in situ measurements of turbulent flow in a wind turbine wake and inflow with a fleet of uncrewed aerial systems

Tamino Wetz and Norman Wildmann

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In the present study, for the first time, the SWUF-3D fleet of multirotors is deployed for field measurements on an operating 2 MW wind turbine (WT) in complex terrain. The fleet of multirotors has the potential to fill the meteorological gap of observations in the near wake of WTs with high-temporal and high-spatial-resolution wind vector measurements plus temperature, humidity and pressure. The flow up- and downstream of the WT is measured simultaneously at multiple spatial positions.
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