Atmospheric boundary layer wind profile at a flat coastal site – wind speed lidar measurements and mesoscale modeling results
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- R. Floors; E. Batchvarova; S.-E. Gryning; A. N. Hahmann; A. Peña; T. Mikkelsen
- Source
- Advances in Science and Research, Vol 6, Pp 155-159 (2011)
- Subject
- Science
Physics
QC1-999
Meteorology. Climatology
QC851-999
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1992-0628
1992-0636
Wind profiles up to 600 m height are investigated. Measurements of mean wind speed profiles were obtained from a novel wind lidar and compared to model simulations from a mesoscale model (WRF-ARW v3.1). It is found that WRF is able to predict the mean wind profile rather well and typically within 1–2 m s−1 to the individual measured values. WRF underpredicts the normalized wind profile, especially for stable conditions. The effect of baroclinicity on the upper part of the wind profile is discussed.