Aerosol lidar observations for wind power meteorology

With the advancement in wind power meteorology and the growth of the modern wind turbines, the need to measure and estimate meteorological parameters other than wind speed and direction has become more and more important. The effect on the wind profile, e.g. of the boundary-layer height h, has not (yet) been fully understood and investigated in the wind energy community, nor in the meteorological one. h has a significant effect on the wind profile at heights above 100 m and even lower when the atmospheric conditions are stable, e.g. during nighttime when low-level jets evolve. These heights are already being exploited by large wind turbines.