WHOI_MetOcean_Nantucket

Permanent URI for this collection

https://hdl.handle.net/1912/29667

WHOI MetOcean Nantucket Data Initiative

This data was collected by Kirincich and Cinquino as part of a Metocean monitoring campaign sponsored by the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC). The campaign was designed to observe key atmospheric parameters at a land based site in the proximity of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Wind Energy Areas for one year. This is part of a longer term effort to collect atmospheric and oceanic data at an existing offshore platform in the vicinity, which can be found here: WHOI_MetOcean.

The campaign supported the purchase and installation of a LIDAR wind profiler at the Nantucket Test Site (NTS). This instrument was installed and operated by WHOI and validated by UL-AWS Truepower following a MetOcean Measurement Plan created by UL-AWST, WHOI, and NOWRDC. The LIDAR was installed at the NTS in November 2021 and operated continuously, as possible, through the end of 2022.

A LEOSPHERE WINDCUBE v2 was acquired from NRG Systems and deployed at the NTS after a previous deployment at WHOI's offshore Air Sea Interaction Tower (ASIT). The WIND-CUBE instrument is an industry approved LIDAR system for use in Wind Energy Resource Characterization studies. The choice of sensor was made in consultation with UL-AWS Truepower, the wind energy consultant advising MassCEC on its MetOcean Initiative. The lidar, serial number WLS7-436, was a leased model owned by NRG, the U.S. distributor for Leosphere. The instrument was installed at ground level in an open area and leveled following LEOSPHERE standards. A commissioning report for the lidar deployment are included as part of this repository.

Authors: Anthony Kirincich and Eve Cinquino

Citable URI:https://hdl.handle.net/1912/29667

DOI: 10.26025/1912/29667

Related Dataset:https://hdl.handle.net/1912/27014

The following data and metadata is available for download below:

  • Commissioning Report
  • Raw Lidar Data
  • Summary Lidar Data (10 min averages)

Lidar Metadata and Validation Reports

Lidar Summary Data: Daily 10-minute average files from 53-200m amsl (daily files in the Leosphere WindCube files in .sta format)

Lidar Raw Data: Raw 10-minute files of 1 Hz data files from 53-200m amsl (served in quarterly zipped files)

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  • Dataset
    October-December 2022 Lidar raw data Nantucket 
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2023-02-09)
    This zipped content contains Lidar raw data: Raw 10-minute files of 1 Hz data files from 53-200m amsl from October-December 2022.
  • Dataset
    July-September 2022 Lidar raw data Nantucket
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2023-02-09) Kirincich, Anthony R. ; Cinquino, Eve
    This zipped content contains Lidar raw data: Raw 10-minute files of 1 Hz data files from 53-200m amsl from July-September 2022.
  • Dataset
    April-June 2022 Lidar raw data Nantucket 
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2023-02-09) Kirincich, Anthony R. ; Cinquino, Eve
    This zipped content contains Lidar raw data: Raw 10-minute files of 1 Hz data files from 53-200m amsl from April-June 2022.
  • Dataset
    January-March 2022 Lidar raw data Nantucket
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2023-02-09) Kirincich, Anthony R. ; Cinquino, Eve
    This zipped content contains Lidar raw data: Raw 10-minute files of 1 Hz data files from 53-200m amsl from January-March 2022.
  • Dataset
    October-December 2021 Lidar raw data Nantucket
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2023-02-09) Kirincich, Anthony R. ; Cinquino, Eve
    This zipped content contains Lidar raw data: Raw 10-minute files of 1 Hz data files from 53-200m amsl from October-December 2021.
  • Other
    UL Commissioning form WLS7_436_CF2
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2023-02-08) Kirincich, Anthony R. ; Cinquino, Eve
    Unit is located at a monitoring site, on the southern coast of Nantucket. There is a water treatment plant directly north of the lidar unit. There is a slight rise of the coastline/sand dunes directly South of the lidar unit. Once past the coastline/sand dunes the lidar is open to the Atlantic ocean.
  • Other
    Lidar Metadata Nantucket
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2023-02-08) Kirincich, Anthony R. ; Cinquino, Eve
    This data was collected by Kirincich and Cinquino as part of a Metocean monitoring campaign sponsored by the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC). The campaign was designed to observe key atmospheric parameters at a land based site in the proximity of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Wind Energy Areas for one year. This is part of a longer term effort to collect atmospheric and oceanic data at an existing offshore platform in the vicinity, which can be found here https://darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org/handle/1912/27014. The campaign supported the purchase and installation of a LIDAR wind profiler at the Nantucket Test Site (NTS). This instrument was installed and operated by WHOI and validated by UL-AWS Truepower following a MetOcean Measurement Plan created by UL-AWST, WHOI, and NOWRDC. The LIDAR was installed at the NTS in November 2021 and operated continuously, as possible, through the end of 2023.
  • Dataset
    2022 Lidar summary data Nantucket
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2023-02-08) Kirincich, Anthony R. ; Cinquino, Eve
    This zipped content contains Lidar summary data: Daily 10-minute average files from 53-200m amsl for 2022.
  • Dataset
    2021 Lidar summary data Nantucket
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2023-02-08) Kirincich, Anthony R. ; Cinquino, Eve
    This zipped content contains Lidar summary data: Daily 10-minute average files from 53-200m amsl for 2021.