ACCIONA
ACCIONA Energía is a world leader in the
renewable energy sector. The company focuses its activity on wind energy, a
field in which it has so far installed 5,577 MW as of 30 September 2008.
Acciona is one of the pioneer clients of the WindCube and currently operates 3
units for various purposes: with a met tower to confirm the wind shears in the
upper heights of the vertical wind profile or as the sole measurement sensor to
map the wind flow on complex and difficult sites where the uncertainty for
vertical and horizontal extrapolation is too high.
The institute of meteorology of Leipzig University is conducting research projects on convective clouds in mountainss. One aspect of the project was the observation of convective developing cumulus clouds up to thunderstorm clouds in mountainous regions. Mid 2007, they launched a European public tender for a tropospheric cloud lidar that could observe the moving parts and development of distribution of cloud compartments and eventually distinguish the water phase inside the clouds, up to the tropopause.
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Atmospheric parameters to measure |
- Aerosols and extinction profiles, |
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- Boundary layer height, |
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- Bumulus and stratus top and base, |
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- 2D azimuthal/zenithal range corrected signal |
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Range (min-max) |
- 200m -15km |
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Scanning device |
- Yes, attended, 0,1° accuracy |
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Software |
- Level 2: advanced features |
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Casing |
- Optical head: -10°c/+40°c, IP65 |
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- Electronics cabinet: no enclosure, 15°C/25°C |
The Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, is involved in both national and international aerosol and cloud observation networks and projects. The research programs are dedicated to climate change and regional air quality. In February 2006, they faced an urgent need for very accurate information on aerosol profile and clouds, constrained by classical outdoor meteorological observations conditions. They needed an all weather, plug and play and transportable equipment. A market screening led them to select and procure the ALS300 system provided by the LEOSPHERE Company in France.
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Atmospheric parameters to measure |
- Aerosols and extinction profiles, |
|
|
- Boundary layer height, |
|
- Bumulus and stratus top and base, |
|
|
- 2D azimuthal/zenithal range corrected signal |
|
|
Range (min-max) |
- 200m -10km |
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Scanning device |
- Yes, attended, 0,1° accuracy |
|
Software |
- Level 2: advanced features |
|
Casing |
- Optical head: -10°c/+40°c, IP65 |
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- Electronics cabinet: no enclosure, 15°C/25°C |
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