Wind turbine filter for weather radar
The project will investigate the feasibility to implement a wind turbine filter into the signal processor of modernised weather radars.
Wind turbines near or in line-of-sight of a weather radar can have a negative impact on the radar's measurements. For this reason, few wind turbines are currently approved for construction near a weather radar. The goal of this project is to investigate the feasibility of filtering out the wind turbine interference.
The project will investigate the technical feasibility of implementing a wind turbine filter in a modernised weather radar. Raw data from wind-turbine-impacted radar cells will be recorded and analysed. To establish a proof of concept a simple wind turbine filter will be developed and implemented in a radar. The technical limitations of the filter will be investigated.
If the project shows that filters can be implemented a future wind turbine filter, of sufficiently high quality and which does not affect the other data collection, may be implemented in all twelwe weather radars in the Swedish radar network.
About the project
Funding
The project is financed by the Swedish Energy Agency
Project period
2016-2017