Glossary

Symbol	Definition	Unit
D	Turbine rotor diameter (fixed parameter)	m
t	Time	s
x, y, z	Coordinates (east-west, north-south, vertical)	m
nt, nx, ny, nz	Number points in time and space dimensions
u	Wind vector component along East - West, positive going from West to East	m/s
v	Wind vector component along North - South, positive going from South to North	m/s
w	Wind vector component along vertical, positive going up	m/s
U	Magnitude of horizontal wind speed vector	m/s
WS	Magnitude of 3D wind speed vector	m/s
uLOS	Wind vector component along the line of sight of each lidar beam	m/s
WD	Direction of horizontal wind speed vector	deg
\({\Delta}\) WD	Veer computed at fixed (x,y) from two distinct z points	deg
TI	Turbulence intensity (from horizontal wind speed)	%
TKE	Turbulence kinetic energy (from 3-D wind speed)	m²/s²
L	Obukhov length	m
u*	Friction velocity	m/s
z0	Roughness length	m
zi	Atmospheric boundary layer height	m
T	Absolute temperature	K
Ts	Sonic temperature	K
Fs	Sensible heat flux	W/m²
CNR	Carrier-to-noise ratio	db
\(\overline{q}\)	Temporal average of variable q	unit of q
<q>	Ensemble average of variable q	unit of q
q’	Temporal perturbation of variable q, defined as - q	unit of q
qhub	Variable q evaluated at hub height	unit of q
\({\sigma}\)q	Standard deviation of variable q	unit of q
P	Generator power	W