Services - SODAR (Sound Doppler Radar)
WES Engineering Inc. is now able to offer complete wind measurement, monitoring,
and analysis services to wind energy projects. This includes measuring wind
using traditional pole mounted cup-anemometers and wind vanes, modeling of wind
speed over the project area and predicting wind speeds and energy at each
turbine location using WASP modeling software, and now Sound Doppler Radar (SODAR)
mobile wind measurement at potential turbine locations.
SODAR uses sound signals
sent up into the sky and reflected back to the receiver to measure wind speeds.
The unit is best operated in conjunction with on-site wind measurement equipment
installed on a nearby tower. A temporary met mast can be added on the site near
the SODAR if no additional cup anemometer (or similar) wind data and wind
direction data is available.
The ASC Model 4000 SODAR Equipment
