Wind lidar installed at EPFL
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The scanning lidar will enable to acquire wind and aerosol backscatter measurements within the boundary layer of Lausanne
URBES together with Vaisala have installed a WindCube Scan 100S on the roof of the BM building at EPFL.
WindCube Scan is a versatile tool for recovering accurate real-time wind and aerosol backscatter measurements in any scanning geometry.
The equipment will be dedicated to state-of-the-art research in the field of geophysics and urban climate, including the quantification of space-time patterns of wind speed and direction over the city of Lausanne, the detection and classification of clouds and aerosol layers in the troposphere, and the identififcation of lake-land circulations and urban-induced changes in boundary layer dynamics.
A special thank to Aldo Brandi (URBES), Eunice Goncalves (ENAC), and Etienne Meffre (Vaisala)
