Validation of LEOSPHERE WINDCUBE V2 unit WLS7-258 at TNO LiDAR Calibration Facility, for offshore measurements at Lichteiland Goeree

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As part of the North Sea offshore wind conditions measurement program a Leosphere LiDAR is installed at Lichteiland Goeree on 24 October 2019. In order to assure high quality measurements, the LiDAR unit (Leosphere Windcube, WLS7-258, firmware 1.1.15) was validated at the TNO LiDAR Calibration Facility (TLCF) for the period of 12 July 2019 until 8 September 2019. The validation is performed by checking Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
The comparison is performed for three measurement heights: 41.9 m, 81.4 m, and 120.9 m and the KPIs resulting for the validation are listed in table 1. Based on these results TNO qualifies this LiDAR unit as suitable for offshore application at LEG.
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TNO Identifier
875145
Publisher
TNO
Collation
20 p.
Place of publication
Petten