Evaluation of the wind farm parameterization in the Weather Research and Forecasting model (version 3.8.1) with meteorological and turbine power data

Lee, Joseph C. Y.; Lundquist, Julie K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4229-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4229-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4229-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 11

Model evaluation paper

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23 Nov 2017

Model evaluation paper |

| 23 Nov 2017

Evaluation of the wind farm parameterization in the Weather Research and Forecasting model (version 3.8.1) with meteorological and turbine power data

Joseph C. Y. Lee and Julie K. Lundquist

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Final revised paper (published on 23 Nov 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 08 Jun 2017)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'Executive Editor Comment on "Evaluation of the wind farm parameterization in the Weather Research and Forecasting model with meteorological and turbine power data"', Astrid Kerkweg, 08 Jun 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Executive Editor Kerkweg's comments (SC1)', Joseph C. Y. Lee, 08 Jun 2017
RC1: 'Missing differentiation between deviations due to WRF itself and WFP', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Jun 2017
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Jul 2017

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Joseph C. Y. Lee on behalf of the Authors (07 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Sep 2017) by Simon Unterstrasser

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (11 Sep 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (20 Sep 2017)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (21 Sep 2017) by Simon Unterstrasser

AR by Joseph C. Y. Lee on behalf of the Authors (22 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Oct 2017) by Simon Unterstrasser

AR by Joseph C. Y. Lee on behalf of the Authors (06 Oct 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

We evaluate the wind farm parameterization (WFP) in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, a powerful tool to simulate wind farms and their meteorological impacts numerically. In our case study, the WFP simulations with fine vertical grid resolution are skilful in matching the observed winds and the actual power productions. Moreover, the WFP tends to underestimate power in windy conditions. We also illustrate that the modeled wind speed is a critical determinant to improve the WFP.