Paper Info
Title
A Review of Progress and Applications of Pulsed Doppler Wind LiDARs
Abstract
Doppler wind LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) makes use of the principle of optical Doppler shift between the reference and backscattered radiations to measure radial velocities at distances up to several kilometers above the ground. Such instruments promise some advantages, including its large scan volume, movability and provision of 3-dimensional wind measurements, as well as its relatively higher temporal and spatial resolution comparing with other measurement devices. In recent decades, Doppler LiDARs developed by scientific institutes and commercial companies have been well adopted in several real-life applications. Doppler LiDARs are installed in about a dozen airports to study aircraft-induced vortices and detect wind shears. In the wind energy industry, the Doppler LiDAR technique provides a promising alternative to in-situ techniques in wind energy assessment, turbine wake analysis and turbine control. Doppler LiDARs have also been applied in meteorological studies, such as observing boundary layers and tracking tropical cyclones. These applications demonstrate the capability of Doppler LiDARs for measuring backscatter coefficients and wind profiles. In addition, Doppler LiDAR measurements show considerable potential for validating and improving numerical models. It is expected that future development of the Doppler LiDAR technique and data processing algorithms will provide accurate measurements with high spatial and temporal resolutions under different environmental conditions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.3390/rs11212522
REMOTE SENSING
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Doppler LiDAR,wind measurement,backscatter coefficients,atmospheric meteorology
Journal
11
Issue
Citations 
PageRank 
21
1
0.39
References 
Authors
0
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zhengliang Liu110.39
Janet F. Barlow210.39
pak chan342.18
Jimmy Chi Hung Fung411.40
Yuguo Li510.39
Chao Ren65216.14
Hugo Wai Leung Mak710.39
Edward Ng810.39