Floating Doppler Wind Lidar Motion Simulator for Horizontal Wind Speed Measurement Error Assessment

Abstract

This study presents a wind retrieval simulator of a floating Doppler Wind Lidar (DWL) with 6 Degrees of Freedom (DoF) motion. The simulator considers a continuous-wave conical-scanning floating DWL which retrieves the wind vector from 50 radial velocities per scan. The 6 DoF motion framework as well as the most important buoy motion equations are summarized. Rotational and translational motion effects over HWS measurements are studied parametrically.