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Main Title Evaluation of Wind Measurements by Four Doppler Sodars.
Author Kaimal, J. C. ; Gaynor, J. E. ; Finkelstein, P. L. ; Graves, M. E. ; Lockhart, T. J. ;
CORP Author National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO. Wave Propagation Lab. ;Northrop Services, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC. ;Meteorology Research, Inc., Altadena, CA.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
Year Published 1984
Stock Number PB85-115301
Additional Subjects Wind(Meteorology) ; Meteorological instruments ; Doppler effect ; Performance evaluation ; Wind velocity ; Wind direction ; Turbulence ; Accuracy ; Towers ; Comparison ; Anemometers ; Radiosondes ; Graphs(Charts) ; Sodar
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NTIS  PB85-115301 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Measurements of wind speed, wind direction, and the vertical component of turbulence, from four different commercially available Doppler sodars, are compared with similar measurements from in situ sensors on a 300 m instrumented tower. Results indicate that the four sodars measure wind speed and direction accurately and with reasonably high precision. The sodars tended to overestimate the vertical component of turbulence at night and to underestimate it during the day. Precision in those measurements was considerably poorer than for the averaged speeds and directions.