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SUMMARY:Precision wind measurements for wind energy
DTSTART:20130906T140000
DTEND:20130906T150000
DTSTAMP:20260407T091557Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Professor Stuart Bradley\, Physics Department\, University of 
 Auckland\, New Zealand\nThere is increasing focus on optimising wind energ
 y installations. In response to this\, the past 10 years have seen an enor
 mous development of remote sensing capabilities\, particularly with wind l
 idar\, so that instrumented masts are being replaced with small mobile gro
 und-based lidar (optical) and sodar (acoustic) sensors. There are still ch
 allenges for both lidar and sodar\, particularly in inhomogeneous wind fie
 lds such as found in complex terrain. This seminar will describe work done
  by the Auckland group in collaboration with colleagues in the US and Euro
 pe\, particularly with sodar\, to improve wind estimation. Improvements co
 me from understanding the physical basis for instrumental errors\, as well
  as from new designs. Two new designs\, the ‘bistatic’ sodar and the 
 ‘urban’ sodar will be discussed.
LOCATION:GR C001 http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=GR%20C0%2001
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