Remote Sensing of Wind Velocity by Boundary Layer Radar

Profiles of mean wind speeds and vertical turbulence intensities measured at seashore and two inland sites using Doppler sodars

“…Thomas and Vogt (1993), Vogt and Thomas (1995) and Ito et al (1996) compare wind speed data measured by Doppler sodars with those measured by anemometers mounted on towers, and checked the validity of Doppler sodars. Hayashida et al (1996) used Doppler radars and Powell et al (1999) used GPS drop sondes to measure wind characteristics near eye walls of tropical cyclones at higher altitudes than 2000 m.…”

Wind Characteristics in Mountainous Valleys Obtained through Field Measurement

“…Thomas et al compared wind speed data measured by Doppler sodars with those measured by anemometers mounted on towers and checked the validity of the Doppler sodars. Hayashida et al used Doppler radars and Powell et al used GPS dropsondes to measure wind characteristics near the eye walls of tropical cyclones at altitudes higher than 2000 m [20][21][22][23][24][25]. Toriumi et al obtained multiple wind speed measurements on the Great Naruto Bridge and Akashi Strait Bridge in Japan and obtained the maximum wind speed over 10 min for typhoons and the maximum wind speed over 10 min for monsoons.…”