INTEGRATION OF NEXRAD, MARINE RADAR, SODAR AND CONVENTIONAL ANEMOMETRY FOR AVIAN RISK ASSESSMENT

摘要

A community wind project in rural AlbanyCounty, NYS, conducted studies of bird and batactivity. Multiple sources of data were integrated,including an on-site X-band marine radar fortracking avian passage rates, Doppler SoDARprofiling, a 50-m meteorological tower, acousticmonitoring for bats, and NexRad data. TheSoDAR allowed the determination of wind speedand direction as well as turbulence intensity to aheight of 200 m.Community members and students playedan active role in the assessment of migratory birdand bat activity; more than 25 individuals weretrained in the use of the marine radar for makingavian counts.