Table 1 Detailed technical information of observation instruments. U: wind speed, D: wind direction, Ux, Uy, and Uz: three orthogonal wind components, Ts: Sonic virtual temperature.

From: Spatiotemporal evolution and physical mechanism analysis of boundary layer wind characteristics of typhoon Saola

Station

SZMGT

HK

Instrument

CSAT3

WMT703

LiDAR_HKUST

Outputs

Ux, Uy, Uz, Ts

U, D

U, V, W, D

Wind speed measurement range (m/s)

0 ~ 60

0 ~ 70

 

Measurement accuracy (m/s)

± 0.08 (Ux, Uy)

± 0.04 (Uz)

± 0.1

± 1

Sampling time

0.1 s

10s

10 min

Installed levels (m)

10, 40, 160, 320

10, 20, 40, 50, 80, 100, 150, 160, 200, 250, 300, 320, 350

116, 166, 216, 266, 316, 366, 416, 466, 516, 566,616, 666, 716,766, 816, 866, 916, 966

installed direction

North beam

South beam

 
  1. SZMGT: Shenzhen Meteorological Gradient Tower, HKUST: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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