%0 Journal Article %T Atmospheric boundary layer wind profile at a flat coastal site ¨C wind speed lidar measurements and mesoscale modeling results %A R. Floors %A E. Batchvarova %A S.-E. Gryning %A A. N. Hahmann %A A. Pe a %A T. Mikkelsen %J Advances in Science and Research (ASR) %D 2011 %I Copernicus Publications %R 10.5194/asr-6-155-2011 %X Wind profiles up to 600 m height are investigated. Measurements of mean wind speed profiles were obtained from a novel wind lidar and compared to model simulations from a mesoscale model (WRF-ARW v3.1). It is found that WRF is able to predict the mean wind profile rather well and typically within 1¨C2 m s 1 to the individual measured values. WRF underpredicts the normalized wind profile, especially for stable conditions. The effect of baroclinicity on the upper part of the wind profile is discussed. %U http://www.adv-sci-res.net/6/155/2011/asr-6-155-2011.html