Understanding the impact of turbulence on floating lidar measurements

Retrieving accurate turbulence intensity from motion-corrupted floating lidar measurements is one of the main challenges of the offshore wind energy industry today. Toward overcoming this challenge, this work describes a method to retrieve the motion-corrected turbulence intensity from floating lida...

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Autores: Salcedo Bosch, Andreu|||0000-0001-7398-925X, Rocadenbosch Burillo, Francisco|||0000-0001-8614-4408, Peña Diaz, Alfredo, Mann, Jakob, Lolli, Simone
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/439143
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/439143
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2025.3586298
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sea measurements
Vectors
Extraterrestrial measurements
Velocity measurement
Laser radar
Atmospheric measurements
Wind speed
Loss measurement
Wind energy
Tensors
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Radar
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Sumario:Retrieving accurate turbulence intensity from motion-corrupted floating lidar measurements is one of the main challenges of the offshore wind energy industry today. Toward overcoming this challenge, this work describes a method to retrieve the motion-corrected turbulence intensity from floating lidar measurements. The method relies on an atmospheric turbulence model combined with lidar-based flow characteristics estimates. The method simulates floating-lidar and anemometer-like measurements via synthetically-generated wind fields in turbulence boxes. We highlight the importance of accurate modeling of turbulence-box parameters to virtually eliminate motion-induced error. The proposed method was successfully tested over a 3-month campaign at IJmuiden by comparing floating-lidar turbulence measurements against those from measurements from a reference meteorological mast.