Performances

 

PERFORMANCES

Windcube8 Windcube70  Windcube100S Windcube200 Windcube200S
Wind measurement Min-Max Range (1) 40m to 500m 100m to 1,500m 100m to 6,000m 100m to 6,500m 100m to 10,000m 
Averaging time 1.5s to 10min 1.5s to 10min 1s to 10s  1.5s to 10min 1s to 10s
Vertical range resolution 20m 50m Selectable: 20, 50, 100m  50m Selectable: 20, 50, 100m 
Number of programmable gates >14 >28 120, 240 >118 120, 240
Wind speed accuracy 0.3m/s 0.3m/s

0.2m/s below 1.5 km range  

0.3m/s above

0.3m/s

0.2m/s below 1.5 km range  

0.3m/s above

Radial wind speed range 0 to 60 m/s 0 to 60 m/s -30 m/s to 30 m/s 0 to 60 m/s -30 m/s to 30 m/s
Cloud detection - >8,000m 8,000m >10,000m 15,000m

(1) According to atmospheric conditions

 

RANGE
Maximum
The maximum range directly depends on the pulse length, on the power ofthe laser and on the weather conditions. 

Minimum
The minimum range depends on the pulse length.




Output data

WINDCUBE™ technology allows the user to get many components of the wind:

PARAMETERS WINDCUBE 8/70/200

 

Output data

- 1s or 10s/10min horizontal & vertical

 

- Wind speed, min & max, direction

 

- Signal-to-Noise Ratio

 

- Horizontal & vertical wind speed

 

- Standard deviation

PARAMETERS WINDCUBE 100S/200S

 

Output data

- GPS location / time

 

- Defined range gates

 

- Scanner positioning

 

- Radial wind speed averaged over selected periods 

 

- Carrier-to-Noise Ratio


- Spectral bandwidth and wind speed dispersions

 

- Radial wind gradient

 

- Wind field reconstruction

 

- Relative backscatter

 

- Optional: Raw signal data