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

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Final revised paper (published on 16 Jun 2020)
Preprint (discussion started on 09 Dec 2019)

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SC1: 'Important study to improve wake effect simulations', Matthew Simpson, 15 Feb 2020
RC1: 'Review Tomaszewksi and Lunquist – GMD 2019-302', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Feb 2020
RC2: 'Editor review of Tomaszewski et al.', Christoph Knote, 09 Mar 2020
AC1: 'Author final response', Jessica Tomaszewski, 20 Apr 2020

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

AR by Jessica Tomaszewski on behalf of the Authors (20 Apr 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Apr 2020) by Christoph Knote

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (08 May 2020)

ED: Publish as is (08 May 2020) by Christoph Knote

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.