Sodar - Colorado City, TX - Processed Data
**Overview**
This dataset was produced from the raw sodar .txt files from the Colorado City, TX site during the WFIP1 campaign. Quality control and formatting have been applied to transform the numerous raw files into a single file to provide user friendliness and improved wind resource characterization at this location.
**Data Details**
Location: 32.47215, -100.92134
Elevation: 673 m
Output heights: Every 10 meters from 30 meters to 200 meters
**Data Quality**
Data from the raw files were filtered according to the following automated and manual procedures. Missing and rejected values were flagged as -999. High precipitation events as suggested by the vertical velocity values were subjected to quality control. If any vertical velocity value at any height for a given timestamp fell below a -1.5 m/s threshold, all variables at all heights at that timestamp were rejected. On a height-by-height basis, if the signal-to- noise ratio (SNR) for any of the u, v, or w wind components reached 10 or below, all variables for that height and timestamp were rejected. The raw files were also screened for nonphysical values such as wind speeds less than zero and directions outside 0-360 degrees. Finally, the data were visually examined for events of atypical sodar retrievals, such as excessive magnitudes in oscillations or periods of stagnancy.
Citation Formats
TY - DATA
AB - **Overview**
This dataset was produced from the raw sodar .txt files from the Colorado City, TX site during the WFIP1 campaign. Quality control and formatting have been applied to transform the numerous raw files into a single file to provide user friendliness and improved wind resource characterization at this location.
**Data Details**
Location: 32.47215, -100.92134
Elevation: 673 m
Output heights: Every 10 meters from 30 meters to 200 meters
**Data Quality**
Data from the raw files were filtered according to the following automated and manual procedures. Missing and rejected values were flagged as -999. High precipitation events as suggested by the vertical velocity values were subjected to quality control. If any vertical velocity value at any height for a given timestamp fell below a -1.5 m/s threshold, all variables at all heights at that timestamp were rejected. On a height-by-height basis, if the signal-to- noise ratio (SNR) for any of the u, v, or w wind components reached 10 or below, all variables for that height and timestamp were rejected. The raw files were also screened for nonphysical values such as wind speeds less than zero and directions outside 0-360 degrees. Finally, the data were visually examined for events of atypical sodar retrievals, such as excessive magnitudes in oscillations or periods of stagnancy.
AU - Sheridan, Lindsay
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.21947/1603761
KW - a2e
KW - atmosphere to electrons
KW - wind
KW - weto
KW - eere
KW - wfip1
KW - Wind Forecast Improvement Project 1
KW - Sodar
KW - Colorado City, TX
KW - Processed Data
KW - z04
KW - sodar
KW - a0
LA - English
DA - 2011/07/15
PY - 2011
PB - Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO)
T1 - Sodar - Colorado City, TX - Processed Data
UR - https://doi.org/10.21947/1603761
ER -
Sheridan, Lindsay. Sodar - Colorado City, TX - Processed Data. Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), 15 July, 2011, A2E. https://doi.org/10.21947/1603761.
Sheridan, L. (2011). Sodar - Colorado City, TX - Processed Data. [Data set]. A2E. Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO). https://doi.org/10.21947/1603761
Sheridan, Lindsay. Sodar - Colorado City, TX - Processed Data. Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), July, 15, 2011. Distributed by A2E. https://doi.org/10.21947/1603761
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This dataset was produced from the raw sodar .txt files from the Colorado City, TX site during the WFIP1 campaign. Quality control and formatting have been applied to transform the numerous raw files into a single file to provide user friendliness and improved wind resource characterization at this location.
**Data Details**
Location: 32.47215, -100.92134
Elevation: 673 m
Output heights: Every 10 meters from 30 meters to 200 meters
**Data Quality**
Data from the raw files were filtered according to the following automated and manual procedures. Missing and rejected values were flagged as -999. High precipitation events as suggested by the vertical velocity values were subjected to quality control. If any vertical velocity value at any height for a given timestamp fell below a -1.5 m/s threshold, all variables at all heights at that timestamp were rejected. On a height-by-height basis, if the signal-to- noise ratio (SNR) for any of the u, v, or w wind components reached 10 or below, all variables for that height and timestamp were rejected. The raw files were also screened for nonphysical values such as wind speeds less than zero and directions outside 0-360 degrees. Finally, the data were visually examined for events of atypical sodar retrievals, such as excessive magnitudes in oscillations or periods of stagnancy.},
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year = {2011},
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https://dx.doi.org/10.21947/1603761
Details
Data from Jul 15, 2011
Last updated Oct 11, 2021
Submitted Mar 10, 2020
Organization
Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO)
Contact
Lindsay Sheridan
+509.372.4607
Authors
Original Source
https://a2e.energy.gov/data/wfip1/sodar.z04.a0Research Areas
Keywords
a2e, atmosphere to electrons, wind, weto, eere, wfip1, Wind Forecast Improvement Project 1, Sodar, Colorado City, TX, Processed Data, z04, sodar, a0DOE Project Details
Project Name Wind Data Hub
Project Number 67025