FESST@MOL Doppler Lidar Wind Measurements from Falkenberg, Germany, Summer 2020

Kevin Wolz from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology collected Doppler Lidar data between June 1 and September 14, 2020 in Falkenberg (Tauche), Germany. The data was part of the FESST@MOL campaign and includes horizontal wind speed, wind direction, TKE, and gust data derived from three Lidars configured as a virtual tower. The dataset is documented with R code for processing the raw Lidar measurements.

Use Cases

• Analyzing sub-mesoscale spatio-temporal wind variability based on the campaign's stated focus.
• Testing and comparing virtual tower scanning methodologies based on the five different methods described.
• Calibrating or validating numerical weather prediction models based on high-resolution boundary layer wind measurements.
• Assessing wind resource potential for energy applications based on the horizontal wind speed and gust data.

Strengths

• Data collected during a dedicated scientific field campaign (FESST@MOL) initiated by the Hans-Ertel-Center for Weather Research.
• Includes measurements from three Doppler Lidars using multiple scanning methods, suggesting a multi-instrument approach.
• Provides processed variables like horizontal wind speed, wind direction, TKE, and gust data, not just raw Lidar signals.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling tasks.
• The data's temporal coverage is limited to a specific summer period in 2020.

Provenance

Source

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Collection Method

Measured by three Doppler Lidars set up as a virtual tower during the FESST@MOL 2020 campaign.

Time Range

June 1 to September 14, 2020

Geography

Falkenberg (Tauche), Germany