METEOTEST offers LIDAR measurements with a Leosphere Windcube LIDAR.

LIDAR bases on optical impulses that are released into the atmosphere. From the reflected signal, wind speed and direction can be calculated in different heights.

Why you need LIDAR measurements

• Wind speed and direction are measured from a height of 40 to 200 m above ground. It's a great advantage to be able to measure the wind resources at any hub height, as especially in complex topography the extrapolation of wind speeds from a mast measurement to the hub height of the future wind turbine is delicate. With supplementary LIDAR measurements, the wind profiles are determined and mast measurements can be extrapolated with high precision.
• LIDAR installation is simple and LIDAR measurements omit the necessity of expensive mast measurements at hub height.
• With LIDAR, wind modeling results can easily be validated at decisive locations.
• High accuracy, data availability and reliability are the advantages of LIDAR measurements.
• Thanks to the high data availability up to the tip of the wind turbine, a LIDAR is an ideal instrument to analyse the power curve of a wind turbine.
  
• The high absolute accuracy of wind speeds measured by LIDAR allow using short term LIDAR measurements together with data of a nearby meteorological station in order to obtain a reliable first estimate of the wind potential at a site.
• LIDARs are also suitable for measurements in cold climate as well as icing conditions.

New: For remote sites without power supply we now offer LIDAR measurements with our autonomous power system.