Analytical-model compensation of the motion-induced turbulence in floating Doppler-wind Lidar measurements

Abstract

This work presents a novel method to statistically compensate for the apparent motion-induced turbulence in floating Doppler-Wind LiDAR measurements. The method relies on the analytical model [1], recently published by the authors, applied to the ZephIR T M 300 continuous-wave LiDAR. Performance of the method is studied over two floating LiDAR measurement sites/configurations, a mild near-offshore Mediterranean site and an open-sea site (IJmuiden, North Sea), and compared to fixed LiDAR measurements as a reference. The method outperforms other motion compensation approaches based on turbulence increment estimation with less computational effort.