Characterizing wind gusts in complex terrain

Letson, Frederick; Barthelmie, Rebecca J.; Hu, Weifei; Pryor, Sara C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3797-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3797-2019

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Flow in complex terrain: the Perdigão campaigns (WES/ACP/AMT...

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3797-2019

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Articles | Volume 19, issue 6

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25 Mar 2019

Research article |

| 25 Mar 2019

Characterizing wind gusts in complex terrain

Frederick Letson, Rebecca J. Barthelmie, Weifei Hu, and Sara C. Pryor

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RC1: 'Paper Review IJEP_206496', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Sep 2018
RC2: 'Comments on the manuscript "Characterizing Wind Gusts in Complex Terrain"', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Nov 2018
AC1: 'Response to reviewers and tracked-changes manuscipt', Frederick Letson, 07 Dec 2018
AC2: 'Response to reviewers and tracked-changes manuscript', Frederick Letson, 07 Dec 2018

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Wind gusts are a key driver of aerodynamic loading, and common approximations used to describe wind gust behavior may not be appropriate in complex terrain at heights relevant to wind turbines and other structures. High-resolution observations from sonic anemometers and vertically pointing Doppler lidars collected in the Perdigão experiment are analyzed to provide a foundation for improved wind gust characterization in complex terrain.