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

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

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-249-2020

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

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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

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RC1: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'Answers to reviewer 1', Simon Siedersleben, 26 Aug 2019
RC2: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Sep 2019
SC1: 'Executive editor comment, code and data availability.', David Ham, 10 Sep 2019
RC3: 'Interesting and relevant case study', Tobias Ahsbahs, 19 Sep 2019

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

AR by Simon Siedersleben on behalf of the Authors (21 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (29 Nov 2019) by Simon Unterstrasser

AR by Simon Siedersleben on behalf of the Authors (09 Dec 2019) Author's response Manuscript

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.