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Uncertainty Analysis on Wind Speed Profile Measurements of LIDAR by Applying SODAR Measurements as a Virtual True Value  

Kim, Hyun-Goo (Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Choi, Ji-Hwi (Department of Physics, Chungnam National University)
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Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society / v.30, no.4, 2010 , pp. 79-85 More about this Journal
Abstract
The uncertainty in WindCube LIDAR measurements, which are specific to wind profiling at less than 200m above ground levelin wind resource assessments, was analyzed focusing on the error caused by its volume sampling principle. A two-month SODAR measurement campaign conducted in an urban environment was adopted as the reference wind profile assuming that various atmospheric boundary layer shapes had been captured. The measurement error of LIDAR at a height z was defined as the difference in the wind speeds between the SODAR reference data, which was assumed to be a virtually true value, and the numerically averaged wind speed for a sampling volume height interval of $z{\pm}12.5m$. The pattern of uncertainty in the measurement was found to have a maximum in the lower part of the atmospheric boundary layer and decreased with increasing height. It was also found that the relative standard deviations of the wind speed error ratios were 6.98, 2.70 and 1.12% at the heights of 50, 100 and 150m above ground level, respectively.
Keywords
Remotesensing; LIDAR; SODAR; Uncertainty; Wind resource assessment;
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