Project overview:
Oceanographic HF Radar Data Preservation in Wind Turbine Interference Mitigation
Awardee:
CODAR Ocean Sensors
Start Date:
Q3, 2021
Technical Challenge Area:
Environment and Conflicting Use
Completion Date:
Q2, 2023
Synopsis:
This project investigated how offshore wind turbines interact with coastal high-frequency radar systems. CODAR developed and tested signal-processing methods that filtered turbine-related interference while preserving ocean surface current data, demonstrating that offshore wind can coexist with reliable oceanographic monitoring.
Target Outcomes:
1
Develop a wind turbine interference approach, simulate testing the approach, and complete a mitigation field test.
2
Mitigate wind turbine interference in coastal high frequency radars while preserving as much oceanographic data as possible.
3
Mitigate the impact of wind turbine interference to some of the secondary data outputs, namely, wave measurements.
