Articles | Volume 13, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2645-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2645-2020
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

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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.