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TECHNICAL REPORT: WINDCUBE v2 LIDAR
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This technical report has been prepared from data collected in the period detailed in
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revisions with additional information. The wind measurements have not been
performed by Barlovento.
Prepared: Daniel Ortiz Checked: Ricardo Martínez Approved: Rafael Zubiaur
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ÍNDEX
1.- INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 7

2.- DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA ................................................................................. 8
2.1.- Orography ....................................................................................................... 8
2.2.- Roughness...................................................................................................... 9
2.3.- Photographs.................................................................................................. 10
3.- MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN ................................................................................ 16
3.1.- ARCISECO13 Metmast. ............................................................................... 16
3.2.- Windcube v2 LIDAR device .......................................................................... 18
4.- ANALISYS OF WIND DATA MEASUREMENTS .................................................... 20
4.1.- ARCISECO13 Meteorological Mast .............................................................. 20
4.1.1.- Data checking and filtering.................................................................... 20
4.1.2.- Data availability ..................................................................................... 20
4.1.3.- Wind Data analysis ............................................................................... 20
4.1.4.- Wind Shear ........................................................................................... 22
4.2.- Windcube v2 LIDAR device .......................................................................... 24
4.2.1.- Data checking and filtering.................................................................... 24
4.2.2.- Data Availability..................................................................................... 24
4.2.3.- Wind Data analysis ............................................................................... 34
4.2.4.- Wind Shear ........................................................................................... 35
4.3.- Test of the Windcube v2 LIDAR Measurements ........................................... 37
4.3.1.- Wind Speed........................................................................................... 37
4.3.2.- Vertical Wind Speed.............................................................................. 43
4.3.3.- Wind Direction....................................................................................... 46
4.3.4.- Turbulence ............................................................................................ 48
4.3.5.- Wind Shear ........................................................................................... 50
4.4.- Site-specific Uncertainties reduction............................................................. 53
5.- CONCLUSIONS ...................................................................................................... 56
6.- REFERENCES ........................................................................................................ 58
APPENDIX I: WINDCUBE v2 LIDAR STATISTICS
Prepared: DO Checked: RM Approved: RZ

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FIGURES
FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF THE WINDCUBE V2 AREA. (SOURCE: GOOGLE MAPS). ................... 8

FIGURE 2. POSITION OF THE ARCISECO13 AND THE WINDCUBE V2. ................................. 9
FIGURE 3. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARCISECO13 METMAST............................... 17
FIGURE 4. WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR AND ARCISECO METMAST RELATIVE POSITIONS. .......... 18
FIGURE 5. WIND DIRECTION DISTRIBUTION AT 80M ........................................................... 21
FIGURE 6. ENERGY CONTENT BY WIND DIRECTION (80M).................................................. 21
FIGURE 7. WIND SPEED DISTRIBUTION AT 80M ................................................................ 21
FIGURE 8. DAILY VARIATION OF WIND SPEED AT 80M ........................................................ 21
FIGURE 9. VALUES OF THE WIND SPEED RATIO BETWEEN VECTOR AND YOUNG
ANEMOMETERS. ............................................................................................. 22
FIGURE 10. VALUES OF THE POWER LAW EXPONENT CALCULATED BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF THE ARCISECO13 METMAST. ONLY THE VECTOR A100LK
ANEMOMETERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. .......................................... 23
FIGURE 11. WINDCUBE V2 RAW DATA AVAILABILITY.......................................................... 25
FIGURE 12. WINDCUBE V2 RAW DATA AND FILTERED DATA AVAILABILITY. DATABASE1. ... 26
FIGURE 13. WINDCUBE V2 RAW DATA AND FILTERED DATA AVAILABILITY. DATABASE2. ... 27
FIGURE 14. WINDCUBE V2 TOTAL REJECTED DATA. DATABASE1.................................... 27
FIGURE 15. WINDCUBE V2 TOTAL REJECTED DATA. DATABASE2.................................... 28
FIGURE 16. WINDCUBE V2 HOURLY DATA AVAILABILITY. DATABASE1. ............................ 28
FIGURE 18. WINDCUBE V2 DATA AVAILABILITY DURING THE DAY AND NIGHT HOURS. .......... 29
FIGURE 21. WINDCUBE V2 FILTERED DATA AVAILABILITY PER WIND SPEED BIN (41M LEVEL).
..................................................................................................................... 31
FIGURE 22. WINDCUBE V2 FILTERED DATA AVAILABILITY PER TEMPERATURE BIN.
DATABASE1. ............................................................................................... 32
FIGURE 23. WINDCUBE V2 FILTERED DATA AVAILABILITY PER TEMPERATURE BIN.
DATABASE2. ............................................................................................... 32
FIGURE 24. WINDCUBE V2 FILTERED DATA AVAILABILITY PER RELATIVE HUMIDITY BIN.
DATABASE1. ............................................................................................... 33
FIGURE 25. WINDCUBE V2 FILTERED DATA AVAILABILITY PER RELATIVE HUMIDITY BIN.
DATABASE2. ............................................................................................... 33
FIGURE 26. WIND DIRECTION DISTRIBUTION AT 80M ......................................................... 34
FIGURE 27. ENERGY CONTENT BY WIND DIRECTION (80M)................................................ 34
FIGURE 28. WIND SPEED DISTRIBUTION AT 80M .............................................................. 34
FIGURE 29. DAILY VARIATION OF WIND SPEED AT 80M ...................................................... 34
FIGURE 30. VALUES OF THE POWER LAW EXPONENT CALCULATED BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF THE WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR. ............................................................ 36
FIGURE 31. AVERAGE HOURLY WIND SPEED DISTRIBUTION AT WINDCUBE V2 AND
ARCISECO13 METMAST, 80 M LEVEL. ........................................................... 39
FIGURE 32. WIND SPEED DISTRIBUTION AT WINDCUBE V2 AND ARCISECO13 METMAST, 80
M LEVEL. ........................................................................................................ 39
FIGURE 33. WIND SPEED CORRELATION BETWEEN WINDCUBE V2 AND ARCISECO13
METMAST DATA, 80 M LEVEL. .......................................................................... 40

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FIGURE 37. WIND SPEED RATIO BETWEEN 80 M METMAST AND 80 M WINDCUBE LEVELS PER
WIND DIRECTION. [WS MAST/WS WINDCUBE] .................................................. 42
FIGURE 38. WIND SPEED RATIO BETWEEN 80 M METMAST AND 80 M WINDCUBE LEVELS PER
WIND DIRECTION. [WS MAST / WS WINDCUBE]................................................. 42
FIGURE 39. WIND SPEED RATIO BETWEEN 80 M METMAST AND 80 M [WS MAST / WS
WINDCUBE] WINDCUBE LEVELS PER WIND SHEAR VALUES [α80/40 IN MET-MAST].. 43
FIGURE 40. VERTICAL WIND SPEED (M/S) FOR ARCISECO13 METMAST (76 M) AND
WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR (73 M) PER WIND SPEED BIN. ......................................... 43
FIGURE 41. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VERTICAL WIND SPEED AT ARCISECO13 METMAST (76
M) AND WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR (73 M) PER WIND SPEED BIN............................... 44
FIGURE 42. VERTICAL WIND SPEED (M/S) FOR WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR (ALL MEASUREMENT
LEVELS) PER WIND SPEED BIN. ........................................................................ 44
FIGURE 43. VERTICAL WIND SPEED AT ARCISECO13 METMAST (76 M) AND WINDCUBE V2
LIDAR (73 M) PER WIND DIRECTION (SECTOR). WIND SPEED RANGE [0-10 M/S].45
FIGURE 44. VERTICAL WIND SPEED AT WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR (73 M) FOR EVERY
MEASUREMENT HEIGHT................................................................................... 45
FIGURE 45. WIND DIRECTION DISTRIBUTION OF WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR AT 80 METERS LEVEL
AND ARCISECO13 METMAST AT 76 METERS LEVEL. ....................................... 46
FIGURE 46. WIND DIRECTION CORRELATION BETWEEN WINDCUBE V2 AND ARCISECO13
FIGURE 47. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WIND DIRECTIONS RECORDED AT 161 METERS AND WIND
DIRECTION RECORDED AT 41 M. ...................................................................... 47
FIGURE 48. LINEAR CORRELATION BETWEEN TURBULENCE INTENSITY AT ARCISECO13
METMAST (80 M) AND WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR (80 M).......................................... 48
FIGURE 49. SECTOR-WISE AVERAGE TURBULENCE INTENSITY AT 80 METERS. .................. 48
FIGURE 50. TURBULENCE INTENSITY PER WIND SPEED BIN AT 80 METERS. ....................... 49
FIGURE 51. TURBULENCE INTENSITY ACCORDING IEC-61400-1 2ND ED. AT 80 METERS. .... 49
FIGURE 52. VALUES OF THE POWER LAW EXPONENT CALCULATED BETWEEN DIFERENT
LEVELS OF THE WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR AND ARCISECO13 METMAST. .............. 51

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TABLES
TABLE 1. SUMMARY OF THE MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN. ................................................... 16

TABLE 2. SUMMARY OF WINDCUBE V2 MAIN CHARACTERISTICS. ....................................... 19
TABLE 3. MAIN WIND CHARACTERISTICS IN ARCISECO13............................................... 21
TABLE 4. VALUES OF THE POWER LAW EXPONENT CALCULATED BETWEEN DIFERENT LEVELS
OF THE ARCISECO13 METMAST. ..................................................................... 23
TABLE 5. WINDCUBE V2 DATA AVAILABILITY. DATABASE1. ............................................ 25
TABLE 6. WINDCUBE V2 DATA AVAILABILITY. DATABASE2. ............................................ 26
TABLE 7. MAIN WIND CHARACTERISTICS IN WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR..................................... 34
TABLE 8. VALUES OF THE POWER LAW EXPONENT CALCULATED BETWEEN DIFERENT LEVELS
OF THE WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR. .......................................................................... 35
TABLE 9. COMPARISON OF WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR – ARCISECO13 METMAST. 80M LEVEL. 37
TABLE 10. COMPARISON OF WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR – ARCISECO13 METMAST. 73M LEVEL.
........................................................................................................................ 38
........................................................................................................................ 38
........................................................................................................................ 38
TABLE 13. WIND DIRECTION VARIATION WITH HEIGHT. ...................................................... 47
TABLE 14. VALUES OF THE POWER LAW EXPONENT CALCULATED BETWEEN DIFERENT
LEVELS OF THE WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR AND ARCISECO13 METMAST.................. 50
LEVELS OF THE WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR (FILTERING AT 141M). .............................. 52
LEVELS OF THE WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR AND ARCISECO13 METMAST.................. 53
TABLE 17. VERTICAL WIND SPEED EXTRAPOLATION. DATABASE-3. ................................ 54
TABLE 18. SITE-SPECIFIC UNCERTAINTY REDUCTION. ...................................................... 55

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1.- INTRODUCTION
This report is performed according to an agreement between Acciona Energy,

Leosphere and Barlovento.
The Windcube v2 is a remote sensing device based on LIDAR technology developed

by Leosphere. The Power Pack version of Windcube consists on 8 PV panels.
Barlovento has had the opportunity to test for one and a half month the Windcube v2
LIDAR device, Power Pack version, located in complex terrain.
Throughout the test period Barlovento has carried out several tests with the Windcube
v2, located in a complex terrain area. The Windcube v2 measurements have been
compared against standard 80 m met-mast measurements (installed according to IEC-
61400-12-1 [1]).
There are some references (see [2], [3] and [4]) that have shown a good agreement
between the Windcube v2 measurements and the standard met-mast measurements
(cup anemometers) in many situations (complex terrain, offshore, power curve
measurement). This technical report assesses the behavior of the Windcube v2
measurements in a complex and forested area.
The purpose of this Technical Report is therefore to evaluate the quality of the
Windcube v2 (with PowerPack energy supply) measurements and assessing their
suitability for wind resource assessment in complex terrain.
The following parameters have been assessed and showed in the Technical Report:
Analysis of ARCISECO13 metmast measurements.
Analysis of Windcube v2 LIDAR measurements.
Comparison between LIDAR and metmast measurements.
Estimation of Windcube v2 main characteristics:
- Data availability.
- Wind speed.
- Wind direction.
- Wind distribution.
- Turbulence.
- Data availability vs. Wind speed.
- Data availability vs. Temperature.
- Data availability vs. Humidity.

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2.- DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA
The Windcube v2 LIDAR device and the ARCISECO 13 metmast are located at the
South East part of Spain in Valencia region. Next figure shows the Windcube v2 and
metmast location.
Figure 1. Location of the Windcube v2 area. (source: Google Maps).
2.1.- Orography
The area where the Windcube v2 is installed is a forested complex terrain. This area
consists on a mountain with the presence of high vegetation and pine trees (see
section 2.3). The ARCISECO13 metmast and the Windcube v2 are located one close
to each other (according to IEC and MEASNET recommendations [1], [5] and [6]).
Following figure shows a topographical map of the area.

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4326000
4324000
4322000
4320000
ARCISECO13 - WINDCUBE v2
4318000
4316000
4314000
4312000
4310000
656000 658000 660000 662000 664000 666000 668000 670000
Figure 2. Position of the ARCISECO13 and the Windcube v2.
2.2.- Roughness
There are high vegetation (bushes, ..) and high trees (pine trees mainly) present in the
surrounding area. Following section shows photographs of the vegetation present in
the area.

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2.3.- Photographs
Photograph 1. Windcube v2 LIDAR device.

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Photograph 2. View of ARCISECO13 metmast.

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Photograph 3. General view of the area.
Photograph 4. General view of the area.

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Photograph 5. View from Windcube v2 to the North.
Photograph 6. View from Windcube v2 to the East.

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Photograph 7. View from Windcube v2 to the South.
Photograph 8. View from Windcube v2 to the West.

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Photograph 9. View of Windcube v2 Power Pack (8 FV panels).

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3.- MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN
The measurements recorded by the ARCISECO13 metmast and the Windcube v2

LIDAR have been used in this report.
The main features of the measurement campaign carried out with the Windcube v2
LIDAR device and the ARCISECO13 metmast are shown below.
Measurement Coordinates Measurement Levels Available

System UTM-ED50 a.s.l. (m) Measurement Period
20/09/2011 –
ARCISECO13 40, 60, 73, 80
11/11/2011
(662556, 431809) *
Windcube v2 41, 60, 73, 80, 101, 121, 20/09/2011 –
LIDAR 141, 161, 181, 201 11/11/2011
* The GPS system used has not enough resolution to distinguish between both positions.
Table 1. Summary of the measurement campaign.
3.1.- ARCISECO13 Metmast.
According to data provided by Acciona Energy and verified by Barlovento on site visit
(10th of August 2011), the ARCISECO13 metmast is situated at an altitude of
approximately 840 m (a.s.l.). It is made up of a lattice-work mast with a height of 78 m.
Wind speed measurements are taken at 80, 73, 60 and 40 meters, by four “Vector
A100LK” anemometers. There also exist three redundant anemometers (propellers
YOUNG) at 73, 60 and 40 meters.
Directional measurements are taken at 76 meters by a Vector W200P wind vane and at
73, 60 and 40 meters by three Young propellers. Vertical wind speed is recorded at 76
meters by a Young 27106T anemometer.
Temperature and Relative Humidity data are recorded at 78 and 40 meters by two
Vaisala HMP155A sensors and pressure data is recorded at 1.5 meters by a Vaisala
PTB110 pressure sensor.
The Young sensors were installed on June 22, 2011 while the Vector sensors were
installed the same day that Windcube v2 sensor, on August 10, 2011.
A photograph of ARCISECO metmast and its surroundings can be seen in section 2.3.
The metmast characteristics can be seen in detail at the Barlovento’s installation report
[7].

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Next figure shows the metmast configuration and main characteristics.
Figure 3. Main characteristics of the ARCISECO13 metmast.

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3.2.- Windcube v2 LIDAR device
The LIDAR is a remote measurement system for detection of wind and thermal
structure of the lower atmosphere. The system emits light beams pulses that are
reflected in the atmosphere and later received by the receiver, analyzing the
information the wind speed and direction received are determined. The LIDAR has
recorded ten-minute data.
The power supply of the Windcube v2 consist on 8 FV panels of 95 W, installed in the

lower part of ARCISECO13 metmast (see section 2.3), and 4 batteries of 12 V.
The Windcube v2 LIDAR was installed by Leosphere on August 10, 2011 at 4.2 m
distance of the ARCISECO13 metmast (see figure below). The LIDAR position was
agreed between Leosphere and Acciona.
Figure 4. Windcube v2 LIDAR and ARCISECO metmast relative positions.

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The main Windcube v2 characteristics are shown below:
Main Characteristics Windcube v2
Maximum height (m) 201

Measurement levels (m) 41, 60, 73, 80, 101, 121,
12 levels maximum 141, 161, 181, 201
Wind Speed range (m/s) 0 – 60 m/s
Data sampling rate 1s
Speed accuracy 0.1 m/s
Wind direction accuracy 2º
Data acquisition GSM/GPRS
Power Consumption (W) 45 W
Power supply Solar Panels 8 x 95 W
Temperature Range (ºC) -30º - +45º
Size (mm) 543 x 552 x 540 mm
Weight (kg) 45 kg
685 x 745 x 685 mm
Transport case
30 kg
Table 2. Summary of Windcube v2 main characteristics.

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4.- ANALISYS OF WIND DATA MEASUREMENTS
This section presents the analysis of the data recorded during the measurement
campaign performed by LIDAR technologies and meteorological tower with cup
anemometers. The measurement equipments are installed at the site of Ayora. The
wind data used in this report has been provided by Acciona and Leosphere; however
Barlovento has had access to Windcube v2 LIDAR at all times.
4.1.- ARCISECO13 Meteorological Mast
The ARCISECO13 Meteorological Mast was installed on June 22, 2011. The Vector
anemometers were installed on August 10-11, 2011. Barlovento has available data
from 05/08/2011 until 05/12/2011. However the data period used in this report is from
20/09/2011 until 11/11/2011, in order to compare metmast’s and LIDAR
measurements.
The ARCISECO13 metmast configuration can be seen in section 3.1.
4.1.1.- Data checking and filtering
Data measured by ARCISECO13 metmast throughout the measurement campaign has

been checked and filtered by Barlovento according to Barlovento criteria and
MEASNET guideline [5].
4.1.2.- Data availability
Throughout the ARCISECO13 measurement period used in the report (20/09/2011 –

11/11/2011) no invalid data have been detected and only one ten-minute data is
missing. Therefore the data availability of ARCISECO13 metmast in this period is
almost 100%.
4.1.3.- Wind Data analysis
The main characteristics of the wind over the measurement period are given below:

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MET-MAST: ARCISECO13
80 m 73 m 60 m 40 m
Average Speed (m/s) 5.27 5.25 5.02 4.65
Weibull A (m/s) 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.3
Weibull k 1.99 2.00 2.06 2.21
Avg. Vertical Profile (α) - 0.02 0.15 0.17
Table 3. Main wind characteristics in ARCISECO13
N N
NNW 15 NNE NNW 40
NNE
NW NE NW 30 NE
10
20
WNW ENE WNW
5 ENE
10
W 0 E
W 0 E
WSW ESE
WSW ESE
SW SE
SW SE
SSW SSE
S SSW SSE
WS <=5 WS <=13 WS <=20 WS < 50 S
Figure 5. Wind direction distribution at 80m Figure 6. Energy content by wind direction (80m)
20 100
Cumulative freq. %
15 75
Frequency %
10 50
5 25
0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
m/s
Frequency Cumulative Freq.
Figure 7. Wind Speed distribution at 80m
10
9
8
7
Wind Speed (m/s)
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Hour
Figure 8. Daily variation of wind speed at 80m

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4.1.4.- Wind Shear
In order to carry out the assessment of the wind shear the measurements taken in the
ARCISECO13 metmast have been used. According to the information provided by
Acciona and checked by Barlovento during the site visit, the sensors are arranged
regarding Figure 3 and secured on support booms of approximately 2.5 m length fitted
to the mast’s (see photographs on section 2.3). Following figure shows the sector-wise
wind speed ratio between Vector anemometers and Young anemometers for wind
speeds above 2 m/s.
N
1.2
NNW NNE
NW 1 NE
0.8
WNW ENE
0.6
W 0.4 E
WSW ESE
SW SE
SSW SSE
S
Vector 73 / Young 73 Vector 60 / Young 60 Vector 40 / Young 40
Figure 9. Values of the Wind speed ratio between Vector and Young anemometers.
As it can be seen there is an influence in the wind speed recorded by the

ARCISECO13 anemometers due to the metmast shadow. This effect is higher in the
Young sensors.
The values of the power law exponent obtained for each one of the sectors using the
Vector A100LK anemometers for the measurement period can be seen in following
table and figure. Only wind speeds above 4 m/s have been taken into account.
The wind speed measurements recorded by the Vector A100LK anemometers are
considered disturbed in sector N while the measurements recorded by the Young
propellers are considered disturbed in sector S.

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α 60m – α 40m – α 40m – α 40m –

SECTOR Nº Data
80m 80m 73m 60m
N 11 0.15 0.08 0.02 0.03
NNE 98 0.32 0.31 0.34 0.31
NE 201 0.20 0.25 0.29 0.28
ENE 542 0.06 0.10 0.15 0.13
E 589 0.04 0.05 0.09 0.06
ESE 194 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01
SE 106 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.04
SSE 469 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.12
S 308 0.26 0.25 0.26 0.24
SSW 64 0.41 0.32 0.31 0.26
SW 128 0.25 0.28 0.30 0.31
WSW 323 0.26 0.25 0.24 0.23
W 340 0.20 0.30 0.33 0.37
WNW 494 0.22 0.25 0.28 0.27
NW 299 0.12 0.13 0.16 0.14
NNW 112 0.07 0.11 0.14 0.14
TOTAL 4278 0.15 0.17 0.19 0.18
Table 4. Values of the power law exponent calculated between diferent levels of the
ARCISECO13 metmast.
N
0.45
NNW NNE
0.40
0.35
NW NE
0.30
0.25
0.20
WNW ENE
0.15
0.10
0.05
W 0.00 E
WSW ESE
SW SE
SSW SSE
S
80 m - 60 m 80 m - 40 m 73 m - 40 m 60 m - 40 m
Figure 10. Values of the power law exponent calculated between the different levels of
the ARCISECO13 metmast. Only the Vector A100LK anemometers have been
taken into account.

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4.2.- Windcube v2 LIDAR device
The Windcube v2 LIDAR was installed on August 10, 2011. However due to internal
software problems some data were missing during the first weeks, also there exists
erroneous wind speed and wind direction data due to the software bug. Finally new
software was installed in the Windcube v2 on October 21. According to Leosphere
information, on 11/11/2011 the windcube wiper was broken and therefore the data
availability falls below 50%. Moreover one solar module was stolen; this resulted in a
too low load of the battery. According to Leosphere information it probably happened
on the 18/11/2011.
The data recorded between 20/09/2011 and 21/10/2011, were reprocessed and then
available for the study.
Finally the data period used in this report is from 20/09/2011 until 11/11/2011.
The Windcube v2 configuration and characteristics can be seen in section 3.2.
4.2.1.- Data checking and filtering
Data measured by Windcube v2 throughout the measurement campaign has been

checked and filtered by Barlovento according to MEASNET guideline [5] and
Leosphere indications.
Filtering applied consist in the elimination by the user of wrong data, identified
according the criteria defined in [5], as for example filtering criteria on individual data
series of level L, and filtering criteria based on completitude of wind shear up to level L.
The LIDAR data with 10-minute availability lower than 50% were also discarded
according to Leosphere indications.
4.2.2.- Data Availability
Following table and figures show the availability of raw data, filtered data and the total
rejected data throughout the measurement period.
The Windcube v2 LIDAR has been operating with the power pack system (8 solar
panels) without any other power supply. The Windcube v2 LIDAR has been operational
the 74% of total time. According to the information provided by Leosphere, the 26% of
missing data are due to FCRTM prototype bug creating windsoft stops.
This lack of data has conditioned the study results entirely.

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The following figure shows the difference between the overall raw data availability (i.e.
total data available in the reference period) called DATABASE1 and the raw data
availability discounting the FCR prototype failures called from now on DATABASE2.
100%
90%
80%
70%
Data Availability [%]
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
41 60 73 80 101 121 141 161 181 201
Height [m ]
Raw Data Availability w ithout FCR failures (%) DATABASE2 Overall Raw Data Availability (%) DATABASE1
Figure 11. Windcube v2 raw data availability.
The following table and figure show the raw data and filtered data availability. There is
a parameter in the Windcube v2 LIDAR which indicates the availability of each 10-
minute data based on data collected throughout 10 minute. The LIDAR data with single
10-minute availability lower than 50% were also discarded according to Leosphere
indications, however next figure shows other possibilities of filtering process depending
on single 10-minute data availability (80% or 20%).
Total data: 7531

%
Level Raw % Raw Filtered
Filtered
(m) data data data
data
41 m 5525 73% 5016 67%
60 m 5527 73% 5055 67%
73 m 5531 73% 5043 67%
80 m 5528 73% 4983 66%
101 m 5510 73% 4873 65%
121 m 5470 73% 4668 62%
141 m 5438 72% 4476 59%
161 m 5368 71% 4194 56%
181 m 5292 70% 3815 51%
201 m 5154 68% 3246 43%
Table 5. Windcube v2 Data Availability. DATABASE1.

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100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
41 60 73 80 101 121 141 161 181 201
Raw Data Availability (%) Height [m ] Filtered Data Availability (50%)

Filtered Data Availability (20%) Filtered Data Availability (80%)
Figure 12. Windcube v2 raw data and filtered data availability. DATABASE1.
The following table and figure show the raw data and filtered data availability for the
DATABASE2.
Total data: 5600

%
Level Raw % Raw Filtered
Filtered
(m) data data data
data
41 m 5525 99% 5016 90%
60 m 5527 99% 5055 90%
73 m 5531 99% 5043 90%
80 m 5528 99% 4983 89%
101 m 5510 98% 4873 87%
121 m 5470 98% 4668 83%
141 m 5438 97% 4476 80%
161 m 5368 96% 4194 75%
181 m 5292 95% 3815 68%
201 m 5154 92% 3246 58%
Table 6. Windcube v2 Data Availability. DATABASE2.

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100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
41 60 73 80 101 121 141 161 181 201
Height [m ] Filtered Data Availability (50%)

Raw Data Availability (%) DATABASE2
Filtered Data Availability (20%) Filtered Data Availability (80%)
Figure 13. Windcube v2 raw data and filtered data availability. DATABASE2.
Next Figure shows the percentage of rejected data per wind measuerement height
which are common for both DATABASES.
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
Data Rejected [%]
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
41 60 73 80 101 121 141 161 181 201
Height [m ]
Rejected Data (50%) Rejected Data (20%) Rejected Data (80%)
Figure 14. Windcube v2 total rejected data. DATABASE1.

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100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
Data Rejected [%]
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
41 60 73 80 101 121 141 161 181 201
Height [m ]
Rejected Data (50%) Rejected Data (20%) Rejected Data (80%)
Figure 15. Windcube v2 total rejected data. DATABASE2.
Next figure shows the hourly average raw and filtered data availability at 40 m height,
as it can be seen the data availability is higher during the sunshine hours; this can be
caused by the solar panel power supply. However the minimum value of daily data
availability is also consistent with the daily minimum temperature value. The table with
the number of data per hour can be seen in appendix I.
90%
80%
70%
Data Availability (%)
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Hour [GMT]
Raw Data Availability 41m (%) DATABASE1 Filtered Data Availability (41m; 50%) DATABASE1
Filltered Data Availability (41m; 20%) DATABASE1 Filtered Data Availability (41m; 80%) DATABASE 1
Figure 16. Windcube v2 hourly data availability. DATABASE1.

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120%
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Hour [GMT]
Raw Data Availability 41m (%) DATABASE2 Filtered Data Availability (41m; 50%) DATABASE2
Filltered Data Availability (41m; 20%) DATABASE2 Filtered Data Availability (41m; 80%) DATABASE2
The filtered data availability during the sunshine hours (7 h – 17 h) and during the night
hours (18 h – 6 h) can be seen in the following figure. The data availability is higher
during the sunshine hours; this can be caused by the solar panel power supply.
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
41 60 73 80 101 121 141 161 181 201
Height [m ]
Filtered Data Availability during the Day hours (%) Filtered Data Availability during the Night hours (%)
Figure 18. Windcube v2 data availability during the day and night hours.

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Following figure shows the Windcube v2 data availability (filtered data) per hour
throughout the measurement period for the LIDAR measurement levels. A Table with
daily data availability can be seen in appendix I.
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Hour [GMT]
Data Availability (%) 41m (m/s) DATABASE1 Data Availability (%) 80 m (m/s) DATABASE1
Data Availability (%) 121 m (m/s) DATABASE1 Data Availability (%) 161m (m/s) DATABASE1
Data Availability (%) 201m (m/s) DATABASE1
120%
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Hour [GMT]
Data Availability (%) 41m (m/s) DATABASE2 Data Availability (%) 80 m (m/s) DATABASE2
Data Availability (%) 121 m (m/s) DATABASE2 Data Availability (%) 161m (m/s) DATABASE2
Data Availability (%) 201m (m/s) DATABASE2

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Next figure shows the Windcube v2 data availability (% of filtered data) per wind speed
bin (41 m level) throughout the measurement period. As it can be seen the Windcube
v2 availability in the wind speed range (1 – 15 m/s) is quite good for 41 – 161
measurement levels. Nevertheless in the upper levels (up to 161 m) the data
availability is lower in the wind speed range (8 – 15 m/s). A Table with the percentage
of total filtered data can be seen in appendix I. The 100% correspond to the total
availability at 41 meters level (i.e. 5525 data, 73% of measurement period for
DATABASE1 and 99% of DATABASE2).
120%
100%
Filtered Data Availability (%)
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
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Wind Speed BIN 41m (m/s)
60 m Level 73 m Level 80 m Level 101 m Level 121 m Level

141 m Level 161 m Level 181 m Level 201 m Level
Figure 21. Windcube v2 Filtered Data Availability per Wind Speed Bin (41m level).
The Windcube v2 data availability (filtered data) per Temperature Bin (using the 40
meters Temperature sensor of ARCISECO13 metmast) throughout the measurement
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As it can be seen the Windcube v2 availability is over 40% in the Temperature range
(5ºC –26ºC) for (41m – 141m) measurement levels for the DATABASE1, while the
Windcube v2 availability is over 70% in the Temperature range (5ºC –26ºC) for (41m –
161m) measurement levels for the DATABASE2.
100% 1000
900
Number of Temperature data

80% 800
700
DATABASE1
60% 600
500
40% 400
300
20% 200
100
0% 0
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[2 1
[2 2
[2 3
[2 4
[2 5
[2 6
Temperature BIN 40m (ºC)
41 m Level 60 m Level 73 m Level

201 m Level Total Number of Temperature data
Figure 22. Windcube v2 Filtered Data Availability per Temperature Bin. DATABASE1.
100% 1000
900
Number of Temperature data

80% 800
700
DATABASE2
60% 600
500
40% 400
300
20% 200
100
0% 0
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Temperature BIN 40m (ºC)

201 m Level Total Number of Temperature data
Figure 23. Windcube v2 Filtered Data Availability per Temperature Bin. DATABASE2.

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Throughout the Windcube v2 measurement period have occurred several rainy events.
Following figure shows the Windcube v2 data availability (filtered data) per RH Bin
(using the 40m RH sensor of ARCISECO-13 metmast). As it can be expected the
LIDAR availability is slightly lower with higher and lower RH values.
100% 1400
1200
80%
1000
Number of RH total data

DATABASE1
60%
800
600
40%
400
20%
200
0% 0
0]
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]
-30
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-70
-80
-90
-10
[2 0
[3 0
[4 0
[5 0
[6 0
[7 0
[8 0
[9 0
Relative Humidity BIN 40m (% )
181 m Level 201 m Level Total Number of RH data
Figure 24. Windcube v2 Filtered Data Availability per Relative Humidity Bin. DATABASE1.
100% 900
800
80% 700
Number of RH total data
600
DATABASE2
60%
500
400
40%
300
20% 200
100
0% 0
0]
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[2 0
[3 0
[4 0
[5 0
[6 0
[7 0
[8 0
[9 0
Relative Humidity BIN 40m (% )

181 m Level 201 m Level Total Number of RH data
Figure 25. Windcube v2 Filtered Data Availability per Relative Humidity Bin. DATABASE2.

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4.2.3.- Wind Data analysis
The main characteristics of the wind over the measurement period are given below:
LIDAR: WINDCUBE v2
141 m 121 m 101 m 80 m 73 m 60 m 41 m

Average Speed (m/s) 5.55 5.48 5.36 5.24 5.18 5.04 4.67
Weibull A (m/s) 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.3
Weibull k 2.16 2.15 2.15 2.25 2.25 2.36 2.53
Avg. Vertical Profile (α) - 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.10
Nº Data 5438 5470 5510 5528 5531 5527 5525
Table 7. Main wind characteristics in Windcube v2 LIDAR
N N
15 NNW 35 NNE
NNW NNE
30
NW NE NW 25 NE
10
20
WNW ENE 15
5 WNW ENE
10
W 0 E 5
W 0 E
WSW ESE
WSW ESE
SW SE
SSW SSE SW SE
S
SSW SSE
WS <=5 WS <=13 WS <=20 WS < 50
S
Figure 26. Wind direction distribution at 80m Figure 27. Energy content by wind direction (80m)
20 100
Cumulative freq. %
15 75
Frequency %
10 50
5 25
0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
WS (m/s)
Frequency Cumulative Freq.
Figure 28. Wind Speed distribution at 80m

10
9
8
7
Wind Speed (m/s)
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Hour
Figure 29. Daily variation of wind speed at 80m

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4.2.4.- Wind Shear
Windcube v2 have been used. Following table shows the average wind shear between
different levels of LIDAR measurements for wind speeds above 4 m/s.
Following table and figure shows the sector-wise wind shear between different levels of
LIDAR.
The values of the power law exponent obtained for each one of the sectors for the
measurement period can be seen in following table and figure. Only wind speeds
above 4 m/s have been taken into account.
In addition to the restrictions mentioned, only those records were used in which all the
wind speed values at different heights are valid.
As it can be seen the wind shear value is lower for the upper levels.
Nº
SECTOR α41-60 α41-73 α41-80 α60-80 α80-101 α80-121 α80-141
Data
N 5 0.10 0.05 0.06 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.00
NNE 26 0.26 0.25 0.25 0.22 0.17 0.16 0.14
NE 118 0.20 0.18 0.17 0.13 0.10 0.09 0.09
ENE 438 0.14 0.12 0.12 0.09 0.08 0.09 0.08
E 408 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.04
ESE 170 0.03 0.01 0.01 -0.01 -0.01 -0.01 -0.01
SE 126 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.02 -0.01 -0.02 -0.03
SSE 366 0.14 0.12 0.11 0.08 0.04 0.03 0.01
S 148 0.22 0.21 0.20 0.17 0.16 0.17 0.15
SSW 26 0.41 0.45 0.45 0.50 0.49 0.46 0.43
SW 48 0.29 0.25 0.23 0.16 0.07 0.06 0.03
WSW 193 0.26 0.22 0.20 0.12 -0.04 -0.09 -0.14
W 148 0.38 0.32 0.29 0.16 0.03 0.00 -0.03
WNW 179 0.37 0.34 0.32 0.25 0.12 0.11 0.10
NW 206 0.19 0.17 0.16 0.12 0.11 0.10 0.09
NNW 47 0.17 0.14 0.13 0.07 0.03 0.02 -0.02
TOTAL 2652 0.17 0.15 0.14 0.11 0.06 0.05 0.04
Windcube v2 LIDAR.

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N
0.50
NNW NNE
0.40
NW 0.30 NE
0.20
WNW 0.10
ENE
0.00
-0.10
W -0.20 E
WSW ESE
SW SE
SSW SSE
S
80 m - 141m 80 m - 101m 41m - 80 m
Figure 30. Values of the power law exponent calculated between the different levels of
the Windcube v2 LIDAR.

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4.3.- Test of the Windcube v2 LIDAR Measurements
This section shows a comparison of the measurements recorded in the ARCISECO13

metmast and the Windcube v2 measurements. The wind data in the non-disturbed (by
the tower structure or the remainder of sensors) wind directions have been taken into
account only in this analysis.
In the wind shear comparison, in addition to the restrictions mentioned, only those
records were used in which all the wind speed values at different heights are valid.
The position of the anemometers is shown in the Figure 3. The wind speed data
recorded at Vector anemometers will be used in the comparison with LIDAR wind data.
These anemometers are oriented at 180°, we have discarded those observations with
wind from the sector [0 º - 15 º; 0 º + 15 º]; also have been deleted records from the
sector [135 º -15 º; 135 ° + 15 °] due to the disturbance generated in the upper level
anemometer (80 m) by the lightning catcher (see Photograph 2).
Likewise the wind data recorded by Windcube v2 in the sector [353º - 15º; 353º + 15º]
have been discarded due to the disturbance of ARCISECO13 metmast in the
Windcube v2 measurements.
4.3.1.- Wind Speed
The most relevant statistical wind speed characteristics between common levels of
LIDAR and metmast measurements are listed below. The measurement levels of
Windcube v2 LIDAR have been compared with the metmast levels in an independent
method. The filtering criteria based on completitude of wind shear up to level L have
not been applied for the wind speed comparison.
STATISTICAL
Windcube v2 [80m] ARCISECO13 [80m]
PARAMETERS
Minimum 0.21 0.03
1st quartile 3.59 3.34
Median 4.99 4.78
Mean 5.36 5.12
3rd quartile 6.49 6.31
Maximum 20.47 20.52
Valid data (%)

4437 (79%)
DATABASE2
Table 9. Comparison of Windcube v2 LIDAR – ARCISECO13 metmast. 80m level.

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STATISTICAL
PARAMETERS
Minimum 0.24 0.06
Median 4.82 4.63
Mean 5.17 4.98
Maximum 20.07 20.26
Valid data (%)

4646 (88%)
DATABASE2
STATISTICAL
PARAMETERS
Minimum 0.26 0.02
Median 4.73 4.49
Mean 5.05 4.81
Maximum 18.83 18.64
Valid data (%)

4959 (89%)
DATABASE2
STATISTICAL
PARAMETERS
Minimum 0.35 0.02
Median 4.52 4.35
Mean 4.70 4.52
Maximum 15.38 15.41
Valid data (%)

4923 (88%)
DATABASE2

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Next figure shows the average hourly wind speed at 80 meters for the Windcube v2
and the ARCISECO13 metmast. The hourly distribution is quite similar.
10
8
Average Wind Speed (m/s)
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Hour [GMT]
WS ARCISECO13 80m WS WINDCUBE V2 80m
Figure 31. Average hourly wind speed distribution at Windcube v2 and ARCISECO13
metmast, 80 m level.
Following figure shows the wind speed distribution at Windcube v2 LIDAR and
ARCISECO13 metmast at 80 meters level. Both distributions are quite/rather similar.
20%
18%
16%
14%
12%
% of data
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
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ARCISECO13 80m WINDCUBE V2 80m
Figure 32. Wind speed distribution at Windcube v2 and ARCISECO13 metmast, 80 m level.

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The following figures show the scatter plots and regression line of LIDAR
measurements against the ARCISECO13 metmast measurements, at 40, 60, 73 and
80 meters levels.
25 25
20 20
Windcube V2 Wind speed 80m (m/s)

y = 1.0355x y = 1.0004x + 0.2329

R2 = 0.9903 R2 = 0.9919
15 15
10 10
5 5
0 0
0 5 10 15 20 25 0 5 10 15 20 25
ARCISECO 13 Wind speed 80m (m/s) ARCISECO 13 Wind speed 80m (m/s)
Figure 33. Wind speed correlation between Windcube v2 and ARCISECO13 metmast data,
80 m level.
25 25
20 20
y = 1.0275x
y = 0.9902x + 0.2395
R2 = 0.99
R2 = 0.9918
15 15
10 10
5 5
0 0
0 5 10 15 20 25 0 5 10 15 20 25
73 m level.

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25 25
20 20

y = 1.0389x y = 0.9987x + 0.2461

2
R = 0.9891 R2 = 0.9912
15 15
10 10
5 5
0 0
0 5 10 15 20 25 0 5 10 15 20 25
60 m level.
25 25
20 20
y = 1.0305x y = 0.9937x + 0.2049

R2 = 0.9858 R2 = 0.9874
15 15
10 10
5 5
0 0
0 5 10 15 20 25 0 5 10 15 20 25
40 m level.
The following equations show the linear regression fit between the LIDAR and metmast
measurements, as well as its coefficients in sectors considered valid.
VLIDAR80 = 1.0004·VMAST80 + 0.2329 R2 = 0.9919
VLIDAR73 = 0.9902·VMAST73 + 0.2395 R2 = 0.9918
VLIDAR60 = 0.9987·VMAST60 + 0.2461 R2 = 0.9912
VLIDAR41 = 0.9937·VMAST40 + 0.2049 R2 = 0.9874

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The following figures show the ratio between 80 m metmast wind speed and 80 m
Windcube wind speed per wind direction (WS mast / WS Lidar). As it can be seen the
difference between both wind speeds is lower in the prevailing wind directions.
N
1.2 1
N
NNW NNE
1.28 00
1.1 16
NNW 2
NNE
1.1
7 00
NW NE
1 15
NW 6 00
3
NE
15 00
0.9
0.94 00
WNW ENE 14
WNW
0.8 4
ENE
0.8
3 00
2 00
0.7 0.71 00
W 0.6 E 13
W 0.6 0
5
E
12
WSW 6
ESE
WSW ESE
11
SW 7
SE
SW SE
10
SSW 8
SSE
SSW 9
S
SSE
S
Wind speed ratio (80m) Wind direction distribution
Figure 37. Wind speed Ratio between 80 m metmast and 80 m windcube levels per wind
direction. [WS mast/WS windcube]
1.2
Wind speed ratio (80m) [WS mast / WS lidar]
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360
Wind direction (76 m wind vane)
Figure 38. Wind speed Ratio between 80 m metmast and 80 m windcube levels per wind
direction. [WS mast / WS windcube]

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The following figure shows the ratio between 80 m metmast wind speed and 80 m
Windcube wind speed (WS mast / WS Lidar) per wind shear value (α80/40 in met-mast).
As it can be seen the difference between both wind speeds is lower at higher wind
shear values.
1.20
1.15
1.10
Wind speed ratio 80m [WS mast/ WS windcube]
1.05
1.00
0.95
0.90
0.85
0.80
0.75
0.70
-0.25 -0.15 -0.05 0.05 0.15 0.25 0.35 0.45 0.55 0.65 0.75
Wind shear value a80/40 at ARCISECO Mast
10-minute data Average value per bin Lineal (10-minute data)
Figure 39. Wind speed Ratio between 80 m metmast and 80 m [WS mast / WS windcube]
windcube levels per wind shear values [α80/40 in met-mast].
4.3.2.- Vertical Wind Speed
The following figure shows the Vertical wind speed values per Wind speed Bin for the
ARCISECO13 metmast (76m) and the Windcube V2 (73m).
1.80 24%
1.60
1.40
1.20 20%
1.00
Vertical Wind Speed (m/s)
0.80
0.60 16%
Number of Data
0.40
0.20
0.00 12%
-0.20
-0.40
-0.60 8%
-0.80
-1.00
-1.20 4%
-1.40
-1.60
-1.80 0%
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Vertical Wind Speed (m/s) WSV 73m (WINDCUBE V2)
% of Data
Figure 40. Vertical Wind speed (m/s) for ARCISECO13 metmast (76 m) and Windcube v2
LIDAR (73 m) per wind speed bin.

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Next figure shows the difference between the vertical wind speed at ARCISECO13
metmast (76 meters) and the vertical wind speed at Windcube v2 LIDAR (73 m) per
wind speed bin.
1.00 27%
0.80 24%
WSV 76m MAST - WSV 73m LIDAR
0.60 21%
0.40 18%
% of data
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Figure 41. Difference between vertical wind speed at ARCISECO13 metmast (76 m) and
Windcube v2 LIDAR (73 m) per wind speed bin.
As it can be seen the difference in the vertical wind speed is below 0.2 m/s in the range
of (0 – 10 m/s). There is only a 4% of data with wind speeds above 10 m/s.
The next figure shows the Vertical wind speed values per Wind speed Bin for all
measurement levels of the Windcube.
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VV40 LIDAR VV60 LIDAR VV73 LIDAR VV76 MAST VV80 LIDAR VV101 LIDAR
VV121 LIDAR VV141 LIDAR VV161 LIDAR VV181 LIDAR VV201 LIDAR
Figure 42. Vertical Wind speed (m/s) for Windcube v2 LIDAR (all measurement levels) per
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The following figure shows the vertical wind speed per wind direction sector for the
ARCISECO13 metmast (76m) and the Windcube V2 (73m).
N
0.8
NNW NNE
0.6
NW 0.4 NE
0.2
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-0.4
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SW SE
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S
VWS ARCISECO13 MAST (76m) VWS WINDCUBE V2 LIDAR (73m)
Figure 43. Vertical wind speed at ARCISECO13 metmast (76 m) and Windcube v2 LIDAR
(73 m) per wind direction (sector). Wind speed range [0-10 m/s].
The next figure shows the vertical wind speed at Windcube v2 LIDAR for every
measurement height. All levels have the same number of data (3185 data).
250
200
Measurement Height (m)
150
100
50
0
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Vertical Wind Speed (m/s) WINDCUBE V2
Figure 44. Vertical wind speed at Windcube v2 LIDAR (73 m) for every measurement
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4.3.3.- Wind Direction
Next figure shows the wind direction distribution at 80 meters height at LIDAR and 76
meters height at metmast. As it can be seen the average wind direction value is similar
in all sectors.
N
16.0%
NNW NNE
14.0%
NW 12.0% NE
10.0%
8.0%
WNW 6.0% ENE
4.0%
2.0%
W 0.0% E
WSW ESE
SW SE
SSW SSE
ARCISECO13 WD 76m WINDCUBE V2 80m
Figure 45. Wind direction distribution of Windcube v2 LIDAR at 80 meters level and
ARCISECO13 metmast at 76 meters level.
The following figure shows the scatter plots and regression line of LIDAR
measurements (80m level) against the ARCISECO13 metmast measurements at 76
meters level for wind speed over 3 m/s.
400
350
Windcube V2 Wind Direction (deg.)
300
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200
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100
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0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
ARCISECO13 Wind Direction (deg.)
Figure 46. Wind direction correlation between Windcube v2 and ARCISECO13 metmast
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The following table shows the difference between wind direction recorded at each
measurement level and those wind direction values recorded at 41 meters level (for
wind speeds over 3 m/s). The positive sign indicates a clockwise wind direction turn.
Wind direction turn.

% of data
Wind direction
80 121 161 201
Turn
> (-30º) 0% 0% 1% 1%
(-30º) – (-20º) 0% 1% 2% 2%
(-20º) – (-10º) 3% 5% 6% 7%
(-10º) – (0º) 40% 34% 28% 25%
(0º) – (+10º) 50% 41% 38% 32%
(+10º) – (+20º) 6% 13% 16% 20%
(+20º) – (+30º) 1% 3% 5% 7%
> (+30º) 0% 2% 4% 6%
Table 13. Wind direction variation with height.
The next figure shows the difference between wind direction recorded at 161 meters
and wind direction recorded at 41 m.
40%
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DIR 161m
Figure 47. Difference between wind directions recorded at 161 meters and wind direction
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4.3.4.- Turbulence
Following figure show the correlation between ARCISECO13 metmast Turbulence

Intensity (80 m) and Windcube v2 Turbulence Intensity (80 m).
0.6
0.5
y = 1.229x
WINDCUBE V2 Turbulence Intensity 80m
R2 = 0.8203
0.4
0.3
0.2
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ARCISECO13 Turbulence Intensity 80m
Figure 48. Linear correlation between Turbulence Intensity at ARCISECO13 metmast (80
m) and Windcube v2 LIDAR (80 m).
Next figure shows the Turbulence Intensity per wind direction at 80 meters height at
LIDAR and metmast.
N
0.3
NNW NNE
0.25
NW NE
0.2
0.15
WNW ENE
0.1
0.05
W 0 E
WSW ESE
SW SE
SSW SSE
ARCISECO 13 TI 80m WINDCUBE V2 TI 80m
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The following figure shows the Turbulence Intensity per Wind speed Bin at 80 m height.
As it can be seen the Turbulence Intensity measured at Windcube v2 LIDAR is higher
than those measured at ARCISECO13 metmast.
0.24 800
700
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0.16
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Figure 50. Turbulence Intensity per wind speed bin at 80 meters.
The next figure shows the Turbulence Intensity according to IEC-61400-1 2nd edition.
As it can be seen, the ARCISECO metmast and the Windcube lidar classifies the site
turbulence as subclass B.
0.36 800
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IEC-61400-1 TI A ed. 2 IEC-61400-1 TI B ed.2
Number of Data
Figure 51. Turbulence Intensity according IEC-61400-1 2nd ed. at 80 meters.

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4.3.5.- Wind Shear
Windcube v2 and ARCISECO13 metmast have been used. Following table and figures
show the sector-wise wind speed ratio between different levels of LIDAR and metmast
measurements for wind speeds above 4 m/s.
As it can be seen the wind shear measured by the Windcube is similar to those
measured at ARCISECO13 metmast.
Windcube v2 ARCISECO13
SECTOR
α41-60 α41-80 α60-80 α40-60 α40-80 α60-80
N - - - - - -
NNE 0.19 0.17 0.14 0.18 0.16 0.15
NE 0.23 0.20 0.16 0.25 0.21 0.15
ENE 0.16 0.13 0.10 0.13 0.10 0.06
E 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.03
ESE 0.02 0.01 -0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02
SE 0.02 -0.03 -0.08 - - -
SSE 0.15 0.13 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.11
S 0.28 0.25 0.21 0.22 0.23 0.23
SSW 0.17 0.21 0.26 0.22 0.30 0.42
SW 0.27 0.22 0.17 0.26 0.24 0.20
WSW 0.23 0.19 0.12 0.23 0.23 0.24
W 0.41 0.31 0.18 0.39 0.31 0.19
WNW 0.34 0.29 0.22 0.27 0.25 0.23
NW 0.17 0.15 0.11 0.13 0.13 0.12
NNW 0.22 0.18 0.14 0.16 0.16 0.16
TOTAL 0.19 0.16 0.12 0.16 0.14 0.12
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N N
0.35 0.45
NNW NNE NNW NNE
0.30 0.40
0.25 0.35
NW NE NW NE
0.30
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0.15
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0.00 0.05
W -0.05 E W 0.00 E
WSW ESE WSW ESE
SW SE SW SE
SSW SSE SSW SSE

S S
a 80/40 ARCISECO13 a 80/41 WINDCUBE V2 a 60/40 ARCISECO13 a 60/41 WINDCUBE V2
N
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a 80/60 ARCISECO13 a 80/60 WINDCUBE V2
Figure 52. Values of the power law exponent calculated between diferent levels of the
The following table shows the average wind shear between different levels of
Windcube V2 LIDAR (filtering at 141 m). As it can be seen the average value between
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POWER LAW EXPONENT α

V > 4 m/s (filtering at 141m 2652 data)
HEIGHT (m) 41 m 60 m 73 m 80 m 101 m 121 m 141 m
41 m - 0.17 0.15 0.14 0.12 0.11 0.10
60 m 0.17 - 0.11 0.11 0.09 0.08 0.06
73 m 0.15 0.11 - 0.09 0.07 0.06 0.04
80 m 0.14 0.11 0.09 - 0.06 0.05 0.04
101 m 0.12 0.09 0.07 0.06 - 0.05 0.02
121 m 0.11 0.08 0.06 0.05 0.05 - 0.00
141 m 0.10 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.00 -
Windcube v2 LIDAR (filtering at 141m).

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4.4.- Site-specific Uncertainties reduction
The good use of a Windcube device throughout a measurement campaign entails a

reduction of uncertainty in the wind resource assessment; however this uncertainty
reduction is site-specific.
The use of Windcube device provides additional site-specific information of wind

measurements such as: changes in wind direction with height, vertical wind speed (flow
inclination), turbulence variation with height, etc. As a result of this additional
information when the windcube device is used in combination with an 80m metmast,
the wind measurement uncertainty can be reduced between 0% - 1% with respect a
single 80m mast measurement campaign.
In order to carry out the assessment of the uncertainty associated to vertical

extrapolation, the wind shear values obtained in the Windcube v2 and ARCISECO13
metmast have been used. Following table shows the average wind shear value
measured at ARCISECO 13 throughout the overall measurement campaign and those
wind sear values measured in common period with Windcube V2 lidar. The average
wind shear values of Windcube V2 are shown (for wind speeds above 4 m/s).
POWER LAW EXPONENT α α60-80 α41-80 α80-101 α80-121
ARCISECO 13
0.15 0.17 - -
Total Period (4278 data)
ARCISECO 13
Common period with lidar
0.12 0.14 - -
(filtering at 121m, 2327 data)
DATABASE-3
WINDCUBE V2
Common period with metmast
0.11 0.15 0.07 0.06
(filtering at 121m, 2327 data)
DATABASE-3
As it can be seen the wind shear values calculated from Windcube V2 measurements
and the values calculated from met-mast measurements are similar. However the wind
shear values calculated at metmast throughout the overall measurement campaign
(4278 data) are higher than those calculated at metmast during the common period
with lidar measurements (2327 data).
If we neglect the possible influence of data availability in the wind shear value (and its
associated uncertainty, which can be very important in some cases, see Ref. [8]), the
uncertainty associated to vertical extrapolation (from 80 to 100 or 120 meters for
example) can be calculated.

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Using the wind speed value recording at 80 meters level of ARCISECO 13 metmast
(DATABASE-3), it is possible to verify the differences in vertical extrapolation using the
wind shear value measured between 80 and 40 meters at metmast or using the wind
shear value measured between 80 and 121 meters at Windcube V2.
WS 80 m
WS 120m (m/s) WS 120m (m/s)
(m/s)
ARCISECO 13 ARCISECO 13
ARCISECO 13
Metmast Metmast Diff (%)
Metmast
DATABASE-3 α(40-80)MAST = 0.14 α(80-121)LIDAR = 0.06
6.73 7.12 6.90 3.2%
Table 17. Vertical wind speed extrapolation. DATABASE-3.
Taking into account the abovementioned difference, the uncertainty reduction in

vertical extrapolation for ARCISECO site is 2.5%.
The area where the Windcube is located is a complex terrain site, in this case the wind
speed uncertainty reduction due to horizontal extrapolation can be established between
0% – 1.5%, depending on size of the area selected and the number of measurement
points (where the Windcube device will be placed).
Finally, there is also an uncertainty reduction in the power curve. Using the Windcube
measurements, it is possible to measure some site-specific characteristics that may
affect the performance of the wind turbine.
For example, the measurements recorded on the site have shown that there is a
significant changein wind direction between 40 and 161 meters (rotor swept area of
120m diameter wind turbine) which can lead to an underperformance of the wind
turbine with respect to the ideal conditions (without wind turn).
There are also others factors that have been measured and which may affect the
performance of the wind turbine as flow inclination, turbulence and vertical profile.
The presence of these site-specific parameters can lead to a better wind resource
assessment and a reduction of uncertainty in power curve (AEP) up to 2% in this case.
The following table summarizes the site-specific uncertainty reduction in wind resource
assessment of this site when we use the Windcube V2 device combined with 80m mast
measurements.

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UNCERTAINTY REDUCTION
COMMENTS
80 m Met Mast + Wincube V2
The use of Windcube provides site-specific

Wind measurements 0% - 1% additional information (Wind Veer, flow
inclination, etc)
Vertical extrapolation 2.5 % Site-specific extrapolation from 80m to 120m
Site-specific potencial reduction when using
Horizontal extrapolation 0% - 1.5%
lidar in different locations of the area
Other uncertainties 2% Site-specific Power curve
TOTAL AEP Site-specific uncertainty reduction using
5.4% - 6.5%
uncertainty reduction Windcube V2
Table 18. Site-specific Uncertainty reduction.

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5.- CONCLUSIONS
This report is performed according to an agreement between Acciona Energy,

Leosphere and Barlovento.
Barlovento has had the opportunity to test for one and a half month the Windcube v2
LIDAR device, PowerPack version, located in complex terrain.
The Windcube v2 is a remote sensing device based on LIDAR technology developed

by Leosphere. The PowerPack version of Windcube consists on 8 PV panels.
There are some references that have shown a good agreement between the Windcube
v2 measurements and the standard met-mast measurements (cup anemometers) in
many situations (complex terrain, offshore, power curve measurement). This technical
report assesses the behavior of the Windcube v2 measurements in a complex and
forested area.
The purpose of this Technical Report is therefore to assess the quality of the Windcube
v2 (with PowerPack energy supply) measurements and assessing their suitability for
wind resource assessment in complex terrain.
The power supply of the Windcube v2 consist on 8 FV panels of 95 w, installed in the

lower part of ARCISECO13 metmast (see section 2.3), and 4 batteries of 12 V.
The data period used in this report is from 20/09/2011 until 11/11/2011.
The Windcube v2 LIDAR has been operating with the power pack system (8 solar
panels) without any other power supply. The Windcube v2 LIDAR has been operational
the 74% of total time. According to the information provided by Leosphere, the 26% of
missing data are due to FCRTM prototype bug creating windsoft stops.
As it can be seen in tables and figures above the Windcube v2 LIDAR device the main
conclusions are:
The total rejected data of Windcube v2 LIDAR is below the 25% for all
measurements levels when data are available (74% of measurement period).
The filtered data availability (relative to 74% of total data available) is high
(84%) for all meteorological conditions up to 120 meters level throughout the
measurement period.
The Windcube v2 availability in the wind speed range (1 – 15 m/s) is quite good
for every measurement level throughout the measurement period. Nevertheless
in the upper levels (up to 141 m) the data availability is lower in the wind speed
range (10 – 15 m/s).
The Windcube v2 availability in the Temperature range (5ºC – 26ºC) varies
between 50% and 95% of total availability.
The comparison between the Windcube v2 LIDAR and ARCISECO13 metmast has
shown that:
The wind speed and wind direction measured by the Windcube v2 are quite
similar to those measured by the ARCISECO13 metmast.

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The Turbulence Intensity measured by the LIDAR device is higher than the TI
measured at metmast.
The sector-wise wind shear for common levels is similar in the Windcube v2
and the ARCISECO13 metmast.
The use of Windcube V2 lidar (and in general a remote sensing device) has revealed
two site-specific features in the site, which may affect the theoretical behaviour of a
wind turbine:
There is a change in wind direction with height

The vertical profile is lower at higher levels than would be expected from met-
mast measurements.
The good use of a Windcube V2 device throughout a measurement campaign entails a

site-specific reduction of uncertainty in the wind resource assessment. The overall
uncertainty reduction for this site has been estimated between 5.4% and 6.5%.
Barlovento’s best practices recommend to add a remote sensing additional instrument

in the site assessment in order to gain more robust knowledge on the wind climate
conditions and reduce AEP uncertainty for the wind farm developer.

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6.- REFERENCES
[1] IEC: IEC61400-12-1 Wind turbines - Part 12-1: Power performance

measurements of electricity producing wind turbines, 1st ed., 2005.
[2] ”LiDAR Validation in Complex Terrain”, M. Pelletier, D. Faghani, M. Boquet, E.

Osler, C. Masson, L. Landberg. EWEA 2011, Brussels.
[3] ”Measurement of secondary wind characteristics by the Windcube v2 LIDAR”,

M. Boquet, R. Parmentier, J. Cariou. EWEA 2011, Brussels.
[4] ”Comparison of turbulence spectra derived form LiDAR and sonic measurement
at the offshore platform FINO1”, B. Canadillas, A. Bégué, T. Neumann DEWEK
2010, Bremen.
[5] ”MEASNET Procedure: Evaluation of Site Specific Wind Conditions. Version 1,

November 2009. MEASNET.
[6] IEC: IEC61400-12-1 Wind turbines - Part 12-1: Power performance

measurements of electricity producing wind turbines, Draft 2, June 2011.
[7] ”PE(L) 08-04-03 M11-XYZ ARISECO 13. Informe de instalación de LIDAR y

torre meteorológica” Barlovento Recursos Naturales, August 2011.
[8] ”Remote Sensing: The Value of the Availability”, R. Zubiaur, R. Martínez, D.

Oritz, J. Pinedo. EWEA 2012, Copenhague.

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APPENDIX I
WINDCUBE v2 LIDAR STATISTICS

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Hourly filtered data availability (number of invalid data)

Total
TIME
Data LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR
41m 60m 73m 80m 101m 121m 141m 161m 181m 201m
0 312 148 159 164 175 187 197 206 216 232 253
1 312 117 128 140 148 158 167 177 195 214 231
2 312 118 128 131 131 135 144 155 165 176 192
3 312 126 131 133 135 139 143 145 158 167 185
4 312 138 141 144 145 150 159 163 172 180 192
5 312 139 144 148 153 162 172 175 181 189 200
6 312 146 148 151 155 164 175 176 178 187 197
7 312 138 139 144 151 157 162 167 176 185 197
8 312 112 112 117 120 125 134 141 154 162 186
9 312 88 89 90 91 97 101 106 115 135 170
10 312 70 72 74 76 78 79 81 87 108 149
11 312 77 80 83 84 85 89 92 99 119 158
12 312 74 78 81 85 87 92 95 105 132 164
13 312 93 94 98 101 102 103 105 111 132 167
14 312 95 98 99 102 104 108 110 113 134 169
15 312 92 95 100 104 109 114 115 128 152 174
16 313 86 88 95 97 99 104 108 113 136 154
17 318 80 81 83 87 88 89 90 94 105 134
18 318 83 85 89 94 97 104 104 113 127 146
19 318 99 103 107 109 114 117 122 127 142 163
20 318 98 101 104 107 115 123 128 132 143 175
21 318 94 99 102 104 112 122 126 128 149 169
22 318 100 101 102 106 115 124 130 143 160 183
23 318 104 108 110 114 115 124 133 140 152 179

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Hourly filtered data availability (% of valid data). DATABASE1

TIME
LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR
41m 60m 73m 80m 101m 121m 141m 161m 181m 201m
0 53% 49% 47% 44% 40% 37% 34% 31% 26% 19%
1 63% 59% 55% 53% 49% 46% 43% 38% 31% 26%
2 62% 59% 58% 58% 57% 54% 50% 47% 44% 38%
3 60% 58% 57% 57% 55% 54% 54% 49% 46% 41%
4 56% 55% 54% 54% 52% 49% 48% 45% 42% 38%
5 55% 54% 53% 51% 48% 45% 44% 42% 39% 36%
6 53% 53% 52% 50% 47% 44% 44% 43% 40% 37%
7 56% 55% 54% 52% 50% 48% 46% 44% 41% 37%
8 64% 64% 63% 62% 60% 57% 55% 51% 48% 40%
9 72% 71% 71% 71% 69% 68% 66% 63% 57% 46%
10 78% 77% 76% 76% 75% 75% 74% 72% 65% 52%
11 75% 74% 73% 73% 73% 71% 71% 68% 62% 49%
12 76% 75% 74% 73% 72% 71% 70% 66% 58% 47%
13 70% 70% 69% 68% 67% 67% 66% 64% 58% 46%
14 70% 69% 68% 67% 67% 65% 65% 64% 57% 46%
15 71% 70% 68% 67% 65% 63% 63% 59% 51% 44%
16 73% 72% 70% 69% 68% 67% 65% 64% 57% 51%
17 75% 75% 74% 73% 72% 72% 72% 70% 67% 58%
18 74% 73% 72% 70% 69% 67% 67% 64% 60% 54%
19 69% 68% 66% 66% 64% 63% 62% 60% 55% 49%
20 69% 68% 67% 66% 64% 61% 60% 58% 55% 45%
21 70% 69% 68% 67% 65% 62% 60% 60% 53% 47%
22 69% 68% 68% 67% 64% 61% 59% 55% 50% 42%
23 67% 66% 65% 64% 64% 61% 58% 56% 52% 44%

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Hourly filtered data availability (% of valid data). DATABASE2

TIME
41m 60m 73m 80m 101m 121m 141m 161m 181m 201m
0 88% 82% 80% 74% 67% 62% 57% 52% 43% 32%
1 90% 85% 80% 76% 71% 67% 63% 54% 45% 38%
2 92% 87% 86% 86% 84% 80% 74% 70% 64% 57%
3 92% 89% 88% 87% 85% 83% 82% 76% 71% 63%
4 91% 89% 88% 87% 84% 80% 78% 73% 69% 63%
5 93% 90% 88% 85% 81% 75% 74% 70% 66% 60%
6 92% 91% 89% 87% 82% 76% 75% 74% 69% 64%
7 88% 87% 85% 81% 78% 76% 73% 69% 64% 58%
8 91% 91% 89% 87% 85% 81% 78% 72% 68% 57%
9 95% 94% 94% 93% 91% 89% 87% 83% 75% 60%
10 96% 95% 94% 93% 92% 92% 91% 89% 81% 64%
11 91% 90% 89% 88% 88% 86% 85% 83% 75% 60%
12 90% 89% 88% 86% 86% 84% 83% 79% 68% 56%
13 85% 84% 83% 82% 81% 81% 80% 78% 70% 56%
14 83% 82% 82% 81% 80% 78% 78% 77% 68% 55%
15 83% 82% 80% 79% 77% 75% 75% 70% 61% 52%
16 86% 85% 82% 82% 81% 79% 77% 75% 67% 60%
17 88% 88% 87% 86% 85% 85% 84% 83% 79% 68%
18 87% 87% 85% 83% 82% 80% 80% 76% 71% 64%
19 85% 84% 82% 81% 79% 78% 76% 74% 68% 60%
20 90% 89% 88% 86% 83% 80% 78% 76% 72% 59%
21 93% 91% 90% 89% 86% 82% 80% 79% 70% 62%
22 93% 92% 92% 90% 86% 83% 80% 74% 67% 57%
23 91% 90% 89% 87% 87% 83% 79% 76% 71% 59%

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Daily data distribution 41 meters level. DATABASE1
%
Total Raw % Raw Filtered
Hour Filtered
data data data data
data
0 312 185 59% 164 53%
1 312 214 69% 195 63%
2 312 211 68% 194 62%
3 312 203 65% 186 60%
4 312 192 62% 174 56%
5 312 186 60% 173 55%
6 312 179 57% 166 53%
7 312 198 63% 174 56%
8 312 215 69% 200 64%
9 312 237 76% 224 72%
10 312 252 81% 242 78%
11 312 258 83% 235 75%
12 312 263 84% 238 76%
13 312 256 82% 219 70%
14 312 248 79% 217 70%
15 312 251 80% 220 71%
16 313 253 81% 227 73%
17 318 261 82% 238 75%
18 318 262 82% 235 74%
19 318 252 79% 219 69%
20 318 242 76% 220 69%
21 318 240 75% 224 70%
22 318 234 74% 218 69%
23 318 233 73% 214 67%

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Daily data distribution 41 meters level. DATABASE2
%
Total Raw % Raw Filtered
Hour Filtered
data data data data
data
0 186 185 99% 164 88%
1 216 214 99% 195 90%
2 211 211 100% 194 92%
3 203 203 100% 186 92%
4 192 192 100% 174 91%
5 186 186 100% 173 93%
6 181 179 99% 166 92%
7 198 198 100% 174 88%
8 220 215 98% 200 91%
9 237 237 100% 224 95%
10 253 252 100% 242 96%
11 258 258 100% 235 91%
12 263 263 100% 238 90%
13 258 256 99% 219 85%
14 260 248 95% 217 83%
15 264 251 95% 220 83%
16 265 253 95% 227 86%
17 270 261 97% 238 88%
18 269 262 97% 235 87%
19 257 252 98% 219 85%
20 244 242 99% 220 90%
21 240 240 100% 224 93%
22 235 234 100% 218 93%
23 234 233 100% 214 91%

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Filtered data availability per Wind Speed Bin (number of invalid data)
Wind Speed
BIN at 41m
level LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR
60m 73m 80m 101m 121m 141m 161m 181m 201m
[ 0 – 1] 1 3 4 5 7 10 14 16 24
[1 – 2] 7 10 15 24 30 41 61 81 103
[2 – 3] 15 25 40 52 77 91 115 170 242
[3 – 4] 13 28 47 66 112 133 173 236 343
[4 – 5] 24 42 60 89 127 156 198 278 376
[5 – 6] 14 30 43 78 102 121 152 223 323
[6 – 7] 7 20 26 39 45 51 59 87 138
[7 – 8] 3 5 8 9 13 13 20 32 63
[8 – 9] 3 5 8 9 10 10 13 27 55
[9 – 10] 0 2 3 3 3 4 10 13 19
[10 – 11] 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 6
[11 – 12] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 17
[12 – 13] 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 15
[13 – 14] 0 2 2 2 2 2 7 14 25
[14 – 15] 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 19
[15 – 16] 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4

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Filtered data availability per Wind Speed Bin (% of valid data)

Total
BIN WS
data
(m/s) % Total % Total % Total % Total % Total % Total % Total % Total % Total
Level
41m Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered
41m
data data data data data data data data data
Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level
60m 73m 80m 101m 121m 141m 161m 181m 201m
0–1 65 98% 95% 94% 92% 89% 85% 78% 75% 63%
1–2 300 98% 97% 95% 92% 90% 86% 80% 73% 66%
2–3 679 98% 96% 94% 92% 89% 87% 83% 75% 64%
3–4 960 99% 97% 95% 93% 88% 86% 82% 75% 64%
4–5 1046 98% 96% 94% 91% 88% 85% 81% 73% 64%
5–6 921 98% 97% 95% 92% 89% 87% 83% 76% 65%
6–7 539 99% 96% 95% 93% 92% 91% 89% 84% 74%
7–8 238 99% 98% 97% 96% 95% 95% 92% 87% 74%
8–9 103 97% 95% 92% 91% 90% 90% 87% 74% 47%
9 – 10 37 100% 95% 92% 92% 92% 89% 73% 65% 49%
10 – 11 11 100% 100% 91% 91% 91% 91% 82% 64% 45%
11 – 12 22 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 64% 23%
12 – 13 27 100% 96% 96% 96% 96% 96% 93% 78% 44%
13 – 14 41 100% 95% 95% 95% 95% 95% 83% 66% 39%
14 – 15 23 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 96% 74% 17%
15 – 16 4 100% 75% 75% 75% 75% 75% 75% 50% 0%

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Hourly Average Wind Speed (filtered data)

TIME
41m 60m 73m 80m 101m 121m 141m 161m 181m 201m
0 3.98 4.33 4.49 4.60 4.78 4.99 5.06 5.20 5.42 5.85
1 3.81 4.08 4.25 4.35 4.55 4.69 4.80 4.98 5.28 5.43
2 3.82 4.11 4.24 4.31 4.50 4.64 4.71 4.74 4.81 4.88
3 3.81 4.16 4.33 4.41 4.52 4.60 4.64 4.59 4.80 4.85
4 3.37 3.70 3.82 3.86 3.96 4.06 4.22 4.40 4.65 4.69
5 3.12 3.27 3.29 3.27 3.25 3.33 3.49 3.74 4.00 4.10
6 3.10 3.36 3.45 3.45 3.44 3.49 3.62 3.78 3.96 4.07
7 3.49 3.90 3.98 3.88 3.99 4.14 4.17 4.36 4.28 4.18
8 3.79 4.10 4.16 4.19 4.23 4.27 4.36 4.56 4.74 4.86
9 4.42 4.74 4.84 4.88 4.90 4.96 4.98 5.10 5.12 4.76
10 4.91 5.21 5.33 5.36 5.42 5.45 5.47 5.45 5.55 5.12
11 5.17 5.55 5.67 5.69 5.80 5.86 5.86 5.96 5.80 5.59
12 5.09 5.50 5.66 5.76 5.87 5.96 6.00 6.04 5.85 5.34
13 5.25 5.65 5.84 5.95 6.08 6.17 6.20 6.29 6.24 5.50
14 5.34 5.72 5.88 5.97 6.03 6.13 6.13 6.20 6.12 5.49
15 5.54 5.94 6.02 6.14 6.25 6.35 6.35 6.40 6.40 6.23
16 5.84 6.21 6.27 6.31 6.41 6.51 6.54 6.66 6.67 6.54
17 6.04 6.48 6.64 6.71 6.82 6.92 6.94 6.99 6.77 6.68
18 5.93 6.42 6.61 6.71 6.85 6.94 6.95 7.04 6.87 6.52
19 5.23 5.64 5.85 5.91 6.06 6.23 6.29 6.30 6.20 6.21
20 4.98 5.34 5.50 5.57 5.73 5.91 5.98 6.08 6.06 5.91
21 4.90 5.28 5.45 5.52 5.64 5.76 5.86 6.01 6.15 5.92
22 4.61 5.01 5.20 5.29 5.47 5.66 5.80 5.98 6.03 6.07
23 4.42 4.78 4.97 5.01 5.18 5.31 5.48 5.72 5.79 5.95

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Wind Speed Distribution (filtered data)

Wind Speed
BIN at 41m
level LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR LIDAR
60m 73m 80m 101m 121m 141m 161m 181m 201m
[ 0 – 1] 64 62 61 60 58 55 51 49 41
[1 – 2] 293 290 285 276 270 259 239 219 197
[2 – 3] 664 654 639 627 602 588 564 509 437
[3 – 4] 947 932 913 894 848 827 787 724 617
[4 – 5] 1022 1004 986 957 919 890 848 768 670
[5 – 6] 907 891 878 843 819 800 769 698 598
[6 – 7] 532 519 513 500 494 488 480 452 401
[7 – 8] 235 233 230 229 225 225 218 206 175
[8 – 9] 100 98 95 94 93 93 90 76 48
[9 – 10] 37 35 34 34 34 33 27 24 18
[10 – 11] 11 11 10 10 10 10 9 7 5
[11 – 12] 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 14 5
[12 – 13] 27 26 26 26 26 26 25 21 12
[13 – 14] 41 39 39 39 39 39 34 27 16
[14 – 15] 23 23 23 23 23 23 22 17 4
[15 – 16] 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 0

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DATABASE1
% Total % Total % Total % Total % Total % Total % Total % Total
Total Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered
BIN Tª
(ºC)
Tª (ºC) Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level
41m 60m 73m 80m 101m 121m 141m 161m
3–4 8 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
4–5 155 17% 17% 17% 16% 16% 16% 16% 14%
5–6 207 44% 44% 43% 42% 42% 42% 42% 37%
6–7 180 69% 68% 66% 64% 64% 63% 61% 57%
7–8 183 45% 45% 44% 44% 43% 42% 40% 35%
8–9 248 56% 54% 53% 52% 51% 49% 46% 43%
9 – 10 598 59% 58% 56% 54% 52% 50% 48% 43%
10 – 11 779 50% 50% 49% 48% 46% 44% 43% 41%
11 – 12 675 49% 48% 48% 47% 45% 42% 40% 37%
12 – 13 516 73% 72% 71% 70% 66% 61% 59% 57%
13 – 14 743 73% 72% 71% 70% 68% 65% 63% 62%
14 – 15 596 74% 72% 72% 71% 70% 68% 67% 65%
15 – 16 533 77% 76% 75% 74% 72% 71% 70% 68%
16 – 17 416 74% 73% 72% 71% 69% 68% 67% 66%
17 – 18 368 82% 80% 78% 77% 75% 72% 70% 69%
18 – 19 246 77% 74% 71% 71% 70% 70% 68% 67%
19 – 20 316 82% 81% 80% 79% 79% 77% 77% 72%
20 – 21 262 87% 87% 85% 83% 82% 81% 81% 79%
21 – 22 189 98% 96% 92% 90% 90% 88% 87% 82%
22 – 23 129 95% 94% 93% 91% 91% 90% 89% 78%
23 – 24 59 95% 95% 95% 92% 92% 92% 88% 86%
24 – 25 41 88% 85% 85% 83% 83% 83% 83% 73%
25 – 26 63 24% 24% 24% 24% 22% 22% 19% 19%
26 – 27 18 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

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DATABASE2
% Total % Total % Total % Total % Total % Total % Total % Total
Total Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered Filtered
BIN Tª
(ºC)
Tª (ºC) Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Level
41m 60m 73m 80m 101m 121m 141m 161m
4–5 27 96% 96% 96% 93% 93% 93% 93% 81%
5–6 118 78% 78% 75% 74% 74% 74% 74% 64%
6–7 135 93% 91% 88% 86% 85% 84% 81% 76%
7–8 88 94% 94% 92% 92% 89% 88% 84% 73%
8–9 142 97% 94% 93% 92% 89% 85% 80% 75%
9 – 10 372 95% 92% 90% 86% 83% 80% 77% 70%
10 – 11 411 96% 94% 92% 91% 87% 83% 81% 77%
11 – 12 361 91% 90% 90% 88% 83% 79% 75% 70%
12 – 13 405 94% 91% 90% 89% 83% 77% 75% 73%
13 – 14 628 86% 85% 83% 82% 80% 76% 75% 73%
14 – 15 526 83% 82% 81% 80% 79% 77% 76% 74%
15 – 16 460 90% 88% 87% 85% 84% 82% 82% 79%
16 – 17 332 92% 91% 90% 89% 87% 85% 84% 83%
17 – 18 336 90% 88% 86% 84% 82% 79% 77% 76%
18 – 19 208 91% 87% 84% 84% 83% 82% 81% 79%
19 – 20 293 89% 87% 87% 86% 85% 83% 83% 78%
20 – 21 256 89% 89% 87% 85% 84% 83% 82% 80%
21 – 22 189 98% 96% 92% 90% 90% 88% 87% 82%
22 – 23 129 95% 94% 93% 91% 91% 90% 89% 78%
23 – 24 59 95% 95% 95% 92% 92% 92% 88% 86%
24 – 25 41 88% 85% 85% 83% 83% 83% 83% 73%
25 – 26 63 24% 24% 24% 24% 22% 22% 19% 19%
26 – 27 0 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

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DATABASE1
%
Level Total % Raw Filtered % Filtered Rejected
Raw data Rejected
(m) data data data data data
data
41 m 5525 73% 5016 67% 509 7%

60 m 5527 73% 5055 67% 472 6%
73 m 5531 73% 5043 67% 488 6%
80 m 5528 73% 4983 66% 545 7%
101 m 5510 73% 4873 65% 637 8%
7531
121 m 5470 73% 4668 62% 802 11%
141 m 5438 72% 4476 59% 962 13%
161 m 5368 71% 4194 56% 1174 16%
181 m 5292 70% 3815 51% 1477 20%
201 m 5154 68% 3246 43% 1908 25%

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DATABASE2
%
Level Total % Raw Filtered % Filtered Rejected
Raw data Rejected
(m) data data data data data
data
41 m 5525 99% 5016 90% 509 9%

60 m 5527 99% 5055 90% 472 8%
73 m 5531 99% 5043 90% 488 9%
80 m 5528 99% 4983 89% 545 10%
101 m 5510 98% 4873 87% 637 11%
5600
121 m 5470 98% 4668 83% 802 14%
141 m 5438 97% 4476 80% 962 17%
161 m 5368 96% 4194 75% 1174 21%
181 m 5292 95% 3815 68% 1477 26%
201 m 5154 92% 3246 58% 1908 34%

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Data filtering applied at all levels

Data filtering applied at each level
[41 – 141]
Level
Data Data Data Data
Average Wind Average Wind
Availability Availability Availability Availability
speed speed
(%) (%) (%) (%)
(m/s) (m/s)
DATABASE1 DATABASE2 DATABASE1 DATABASE2
41 m 4.67 67% 90% 4.72 59% 80%
60 m 5.04 67% 90% 5.08 59% 80%
73 m 5.18 67% 90% 5.22 59% 80%
80 m 5.24 66% 89% 5.28 59% 80%
101 m 5.36 65% 87% 5.40 59% 80%
121 m 5.48 62% 83% 5.50 59% 80%
141 m 5.55 59% 80% 5.55 59% 80%
161 m 5.66 56% 75% - - -
181 m 5.68 51% 68% - - -
201 m 5.52 43% 58% - - -

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Wind direction turn.

% of data
Wind direction
60 73 80 101 121 141 161 181 201
Turn
> (-30º) 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% 1% 1%
(-30º) – (-20º) 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% 2% 2% 2% 2%
(-20º) – (-10º) 1% 2% 3% 5% 5% 6% 6% 6% 7%
(-10º) – (0º) 43% 41% 40% 37% 34% 32% 28% 27% 25%
(0º) – (+10º) 55% 53% 50% 45% 41% 40% 38% 34% 32%
(+10º) – (+20º) 1% 4% 6% 10% 13% 14% 16% 19% 20%
(+20º) – (+30º) 0% 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7%
> (+30º) 0% 0% 0% 1% 2% 2% 4% 5% 6%

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V > 4 m/s (2652 data)
HEIGHT (m) 41 m 60 m 73 m 80 m 101 m 121 m 141 m
41 m - 0.17 0.15 0.14 0.12 0.11 0.10
60 m 0.17 - 0.11 0.11 0.09 0.08 0.06
73 m 0.15 0.11 - 0.09 0.07 0.06 0.04
80 m 0.14 0.11 0.09 - 0.06 0.05 0.04
101 m 0.12 0.09 0.07 0.06 - 0.05 0.02
121 m 0.11 0.08 0.06 0.05 0.05 - 0.00
141 m 0.10 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.00 -

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V > 4 m/s (2652 data)
SECTOR α41-60 α41-73 α41-80 α60-73 α60-80 α73-80 α80-101 α80-121 α80-141
N 0.10 0.05 0.06 -0.03 0.00 0.06 0.03 0.03 0.00
NNE 0.26 0.25 0.25 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.17 0.16 0.14
NE 0.20 0.18 0.17 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.10 0.09 0.09
ENE 0.14 0.12 0.12 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.09 0.08
E 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.04
ESE 0.03 0.01 0.01 -0.01 -0.01 0.01 -0.01 -0.01 -0.01
SE 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.02 -0.01 -0.02 -0.03
SSE 0.14 0.12 0.11 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.04 0.03 0.01
S 0.22 0.21 0.20 0.18 0.17 0.16 0.16 0.17 0.15
SSW 0.41 0.45 0.45 0.51 0.50 0.49 0.49 0.46 0.43
SW 0.29 0.25 0.23 0.18 0.16 0.11 0.07 0.06 0.03
WSW 0.26 0.22 0.20 0.16 0.12 0.05 -0.04 -0.09 -0.14
W 0.38 0.32 0.29 0.20 0.16 0.09 0.03 0.00 -0.03
WNW 0.37 0.34 0.32 0.28 0.25 0.18 0.12 0.11 0.10
NW 0.19 0.17 0.16 0.13 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.10 0.09
NNW 0.17 0.14 0.13 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.03 0.02 -0.02
TOTAL 0.17 0.15 0.14 0.11 0.11 0.09 0.06 0.05 0.04

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BARLOVENTO RECURSOS NATURALES S.L.

LIST OF DOCUMENTATION AND TIMETABLE OF REVISIONS AND CHECKS

TECHNICAL REPORT: WINDCUBE

COPY CONTROL AND DISTRIBUTION

Prepared: Daniel Ortiz Checked: Ricardo Martínez Approved: Rafael Zubiaur

BARLOVENTO RECURSOS NATURALES S.L.

1.- INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 7

APPENDIX I: WINDCUBE v2 LIDAR STATISTICS

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FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF THE WINDCUBE V2 AREA. (SOURCE: GOOGLE MAPS). ................... 8

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FIGURE 36. WIND SPEED CORRELATION BETWEEN WINDCUBE V2 AND ARCISECO13

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TABLE 1. SUMMARY OF THE MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN. ................................................... 16

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This report is performed according to an agreement between Acciona Energy,

The Windcube v2 is a remote sensing device based on LIDAR technology developed

 Analysis of ARCISECO13 metmast measurements.

 Analysis of Windcube v2 LIDAR measurements.

 Comparison between LIDAR and metmast measurements.

 Estimation of Windcube v2 main characteristics:

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2.- DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA

Figure 1. Location of the Windcube v2 area. (source: Google Maps).

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Figure 2. Position of the ARCISECO13 and the Windcube v2.

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Photograph 1. Windcube v2 LIDAR device.

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Photograph 2. View of ARCISECO13 metmast.

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Photograph 3. General view of the area.

Photograph 4. General view of the area.

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Photograph 5. View from Windcube v2 to the North.

Photograph 6. View from Windcube v2 to the East.

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Photograph 7. View from Windcube v2 to the South.

Photograph 8. View from Windcube v2 to the West.

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Photograph 9. View of Windcube v2 Power Pack (8 FV panels).

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3.- MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN

The measurements recorded by the ARCISECO13 metmast and the Windcube v2

Measurement Coordinates Measurement Levels Available

Table 1. Summary of the measurement campaign.

3.1.- ARCISECO13 Metmast.

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Next figure shows the metmast configuration and main characteristics.

Figure 3. Main characteristics of the ARCISECO13 metmast.

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3.2.- Windcube v2 LIDAR device

The power supply of the Windcube v2 consist on 8 FV panels of 95 W, installed in the

Figure 4. Windcube v2 LIDAR and ARCISECO metmast relative positions.

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The main Windcube v2 characteristics are shown below:

Main Characteristics Windcube v2

Maximum height (m) 201

Data sampling rate 1s

Speed accuracy 0.1 m/s

Wind direction accuracy 2º

Data acquisition GSM/GPRS

Analysis of ARCISECO13 metmast measurements.

Analysis of Windcube v2 LIDAR measurements.

Comparison between LIDAR and metmast measurements.

Estimation of Windcube v2 main characteristics: