Published January 18, 2023 | Version v1

Assessment of Turbulence Intensity Estimates from Floating Lidar Systems

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Fugro Norway AS

Description

Floating lidar systems (FLS) are frequently used for measuring wind conditions in the pre
construction phase of offshore wind power projects. They usually offer the most cost-effective
method for acquiring high quality wind data. Stage-3 rated FLSs like the Fugro SEAWATCH
Wind LiDAR Buoy (SWLB) have demonstrated a great track record of measuring primary wind
data like mean wind speeds and directions accurately.
Though, for estimates of second order statistics like turbulence intensity (TI) the evidence base
is thin. It is known that the influence of lidar motion leads to overestimation of TI values from
FLS compared to what fixed lidar systems would measure. Fugro has developed a motion
compensation algorithm that effectively takes the motion out of floating lidar and hence solves
the issue of motion-induced TI. This poster suggest and answer to the question of how to validate TI estimates from FLS.

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