cff-version: 1.2.0
abstract: "<p>Near-surface wind speed is typically only measured by point observations. The Actively Heated Fiber-Optic (AHFO) technique, however, has the potential to provide high-resolution distributed observations of wind speeds, allowing for better spatial characterization of fine-scale processes. Before AHFO can be widely used, its performance needs to be tested in a range of settings. In this work, experimental results on this novel observational wind-probing technique are presented. In a controlled wind-tunnel setup we assessed both the accuracy and the precision of AHFO under a range of operational conditions (wind speed, angles of attack and temperature difference). The technique allows for wind speed characterization with a spatial resolution of 0.3-m on a 1-s time scale. The flow in the wind tunnel was varied in a controlled manner, such that the mean wind, ranged between 1 and 17 ms-1. The AHFO measurements are compared to sonic anemometer measurements.</p>"
authors:
  - family-names: Van Ramshorst
    given-names: Justus
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7087-4852"
  - family-names: Coenders
    given-names: Miriam
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7340-4685"
  - family-names: Schilperoort
    given-names: Bart
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4487-9822"
  - family-names: van de Wiel
    given-names: B. J. H. (Bas)
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9480-1225"
  - family-names: Izett
    given-names: Jonathan
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4556-1963"
  - family-names: Selker
    given-names: J.S. (John)
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9751-6094"
  - family-names: Higgins
    given-names: Chad W.
  - family-names: Savenije
    given-names: Hubert H.G.
  - family-names: van de Giesen
    given-names: N.C. (Nick)
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7200-3353"
title: "Data from: Revisiting wind speed measurements using actively heated fiber optics: a wind tunnel study"
keywords:
version: 1
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: 10.4121/12832118.v1
license: CC0
date-released: 2020-08-21