Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-249-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-249-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
Model evaluation paper
 | 
29 Jan 2020
Model evaluation paper |  | 29 Jan 2020

Turbulent kinetic energy over large offshore wind farms observed and simulated by the mesoscale model WRF (3.8.1)

Simon K. Siedersleben, Andreas Platis, Julie K. Lundquist, Bughsin Djath, Astrid Lampert, Konrad Bärfuss, Beatriz Cañadillas, Johannes Schulz-Stellenfleth, Jens Bange, Tom Neumann, and Stefan Emeis

Data sets

In-situ airborne measurements of atmospheric and sea surface parameters related to offshore wind parks in the German Bight Konrad Bärfuss, Rudolf Hankers, Mark Bitter, Thomas Feuerle, Helmut Schulz, Thomas Rausch, Andreas Platis, Jens Bange, and Astrid Lampert https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902845

In-situ airborne measurements of atmospheric and sea surface parameters related to offshore wind parks in the German Bight Astrid Lampert, Konrad Bärfuss, Andreas Platis, Simon Siedersleben, Bughsin Djath, Beatriz Cañadillas, Rudolf Hankers, Mark Bitter, Thomas Feuerle, Helmut Schulz, Thomas Rausch, Maik Angermann, Alexander Schwithal, Jens Bange, Johannes Schulz-Stellenfleth, Thomas Neumann, and Stefan Emeis https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2019-214

Model code and software

A description of the advanced research WRF version 3 W. Skamarock, J. Klemp, J. Dudhia, D. Gill, D. Barker, M. Duda, X. Huang, W. Wang, and J. Powers https://doi.org/10.5065/D68S4MVH

Turbulent kinetic energy over large wind farms observed and simulated by the mesoscale model WRF (3.8.1) Simon K. Siedersleben, Andreas Platis, Julie K. Lundquist, Bughsin Djath, Astrid Lampert, Konrad Bärfuss, Beatriz Canadillas, Johannes Schulz-Stellenfleth, Jens Bange, Tom Neumann, and Stefan Emeis https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3490732

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Short summary
Wind farms affect local weather and microclimates. These effects can be simulated in weather models, usually by removing momentum at the location of the wind farm. Some debate exists whether additional turbulence should be added to capture the enhanced mixing of wind farms. By comparing simulations to measurements from airborne campaigns near offshore wind farms, we show that additional turbulence is necessary. Without added turbulence, the mixing is underestimated during stable conditions.
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