In situ airborne measurements of atmospheric and sea surface parameters related to offshore wind parks in the German Bight
Abstract. Between 6 September 2016 and 15 October 2017, meteorological measurement flights were conducted above the German Bight in the framework of the project WIPAFF (Wind Park Far Field) The scope of the measurements was to investigate long range wakes with extent larger than 10 km behind entire wind parks, and to investigate the interaction of wind parks and the marine atmospheric boundary layer. The research aircraft Dornier 128 of TU Braunschweig performed in total 41 measurement flights during different seasons and different stability conditions. The instrumentation consisted of a nose boom with sensors for measuring the wind vector, temperature and humidity, and additionally sensors for characterizing the water surface, a surface temperature sensor, a laser scanner, and two cameras in the visible and infrared wavelength range. A detailed overview of the aircraft, sensors, data post processing and flight patterns is provided here. Further, averaged profiles of atmospheric parameters illustrate the range of conditions. The potential use of the data set is shown by first publications. The data are publicly available in the world data center PANGAEA https:/doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902845 Barfuss et al. 2019)