scholarly journals Lidar Estimates of the Anisotropy of Wind Turbulence in a Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 2115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Banakh ◽  
Smalikho

In this paper, a method is proposed to estimate wind turbulence parameters using measurements recorded by a conically scanning coherent Doppler lidar with two different elevation angles. This methodology helps determine the anisotropy of the spatial correlation of wind velocity turbulent fluctuations. The proposed method was tested in a field experiment with a Stream Line lidar (Halo Photonics, Brockamin, Worcester, United Kingdom) under stable temperature stratification conditions in the atmospheric boundary layer. The results show that the studied anisotropy coefficient in a stable boundary layer may be up to three or larger.

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor N. Smalikho ◽  
Viktor A. Banakh

Abstract. The method and results of lidar studies of spatiotemporal variability of wind turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer are reported. The measurements were conducted by a Stream Line pulsed coherent Doppler lidar with the use of conical scanning by a probing beam around the vertical axis. Lidar data are used to estimate the kinetic energy of turbulence, turbulent energy dissipation rate, integral scale of turbulence, and momentum fluxes. The dissipation rate was determined from the azimuth structure function of radial velocity within the inertial subrange of turbulence. When estimating the kinetic energy of turbulence from lidar data, we took into account the averaging of radial velocity over the sensing volume. The integral scale of turbulence was determined on the assumption that the structure of random irregularities of the wind field is described by the von Karman model. The domain of applicability of the used method and the accuracy of estimation of turbulence parameters were determined. Turbulence parameters estimated from Stream Line lidar measurement data and from data of a sonic anemometer were compared.


2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 4191-4208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor N. Smalikho ◽  
Viktor A. Banakh

Abstract. The method and results of lidar studies of spatiotemporal variability of wind turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer are reported. The measurements were conducted by a Stream Line pulsed coherent Doppler lidar (PCDL) with the use of conical scanning by a probing beam around the vertical axis. Lidar data are used to estimate the kinetic energy of turbulence, turbulent energy dissipation rate, integral scale of turbulence, and momentum fluxes. The dissipation rate was determined from the azimuth structure function of radial velocity within the inertial subrange of turbulence. When estimating the kinetic energy of turbulence from lidar data, we took into account the averaging of radial velocity over the sensing volume. The integral scale of turbulence was determined on the assumption that the structure of random irregularities of the wind field is described by the von Kármán model. The domain of applicability of the used method and the accuracy of the estimation of turbulence parameters were determined. Turbulence parameters estimated from Stream Line lidar measurement data and from data of a sonic anemometer were compared.


2018 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 02012
Author(s):  
Songhua Wu ◽  
Qichao Wang ◽  
Bingyi Liu ◽  
Jintao Liu ◽  
Kailin Zhang ◽  
...  

A compact UAV-borne Coherent Doppler Lidar (UCDL) has been developed at the Ocean University of China for the observation of wind profile and boundary layer structure in Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer (MABL). The design, specifications and motion-correction methodology of the UCDL are presented. Preliminary results of the first flight campaign in Hailing Island in December 2016 is discussed.


1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 579-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Longetto ◽  
L. Y. Zhou ◽  
G. Bonino ◽  
C. Cassardo ◽  
C. Giraud ◽  
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