Articles | Volume 10, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2881-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2881-2017
Research article
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14 Aug 2017
Research article |  | 14 Aug 2017

Three-dimensional structure of wind turbine wakes as measured by scanning lidar

Nicola Bodini, Dino Zardi, and Julie K. Lundquist

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AR by Nicola Bodini on behalf of the Authors (12 Jun 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Jun 2017) by Mark Kulie
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Jun 2017)
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (05 Jul 2017)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (11 Jul 2017) by Mark Kulie
AR by Nicola Bodini on behalf of the Authors (11 Jul 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (14 Jul 2017) by Mark Kulie
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Short summary
Wind turbine wakes have considerable impacts on downwind turbines in wind farms, given their slower wind speeds and increased turbulence. Based on lidar measurements, we apply a quantitative algorithm to assess wake parameters for wakes from a row of four turbines in CWEX-13 campaign. We describe how wake characteristics evolve, and for the first time we quantify the relation between wind veer and a stretching of the wake structures, and we highlight different results for inner and outer wakes.