Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Conditions for Wind Energy Applications

• Main Author: Hasager, Charlotte (auth)
• Other Authors: Sjöholm, Mikael (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: complex flow; Floating Lidar System (FLS); mesoscale; wind energy resources; variational analysis; wind turbine; wind sensing; wind energy; wind gusts; wake; wind structure; complex terrain; global ocean; remote sensing forecasting; detached eddy simulation; five-minute ahead wind power forecasting; tropical cyclones; fetch effect; aerosol; vertical Light Detection and Ranging; range gate length; resource assessment; field experiments; remote sensing; optical flow; turbulence; atmospheric boundary layer; Doppler Wind Lidar; offshore; empirical equation; Lidar; WindSAT; coastal wind measurement; offshore wind speed forecasting; Doppler wind lidar; Doppler; wind; wind lidar; cross-correlation; QuikSCAT; wind resource assessment; detecting and tracking; single-particle; gust prediction; NWP model; velocity-azimuth-display algorithm; lidar-assisted control (LAC); Doppler lidar; motion estimation; power performance testing; lidar; large-eddy simulations; wind farm; coherent Doppler lidar; wake modeling; probabilistic forecasting; control; NeoWins; wind turbine controls; impact prediction; wind turbine wake; Hazaki Oceanographical Research Station; VAD; virtual lidar; Doppler radar; IEA Wind Task 32; ASCAT; wind atlas; turbulence intensity
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This Special Issue "Atmospheric Conditions for Wind Energy Applications" hosts papers on aspects of remote sensing for atmospheric conditions for wind energy applications. Wind lidar technology is presented from a theoretical view on the coherent focused Doppler lidar principles. Furthermo...