Simulated wind farm wake sensitivity to configuration choices in the Weather Research and Forecasting model version 3.8.1

Tomaszewski, Jessica M.; Lundquist, Julie K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2645-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2645-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2645-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

Model evaluation paper

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16 Jun 2020

Model evaluation paper |

| 16 Jun 2020

Simulated wind farm wake sensitivity to configuration choices in the Weather Research and Forecasting model version 3.8.1

Jessica M. Tomaszewski and Julie K. Lundquist

Data sets

WRF WFP sensitivity input data and parsed data J. M. Tomaszewski https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3755282

Model code and software

Weather Research and Forecasting Model (Advanced Research) Skamarock and Klemp https://doi.org/10.5065/D6MK6B4K

Short summary

Wind farms can briefly impact the nearby environment by reducing wind speeds and mixing warmer air down to the surface. The wind farm parameterization (WFP) in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is a tool that numerically simulates wind farms and these meteorological impacts. We highlight the importance of choice in model settings and find that sufficiently fine vertical and horizontal grids with turbine turbulence are needed to accurately simulate wind farm meteorological impacts.