A case study of wind farm effects using two wake parameterizations in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model (V3.7.1)  in the presence of low-level jets

Larsén, Xiaoli G.; Fischereit, Jana

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3141-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3141-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3141-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

Model evaluation paper

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02 Jun 2021

Model evaluation paper |

| 02 Jun 2021

A case study of wind farm effects using two wake parameterizations in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model (V3.7.1) in the presence of low-level jets

Xiaoli G. Larsén and Jana Fischereit

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A case study of wind farm effects using two wake parameterizations in WRF (V3.7.1) in the presence of low level jets Xiaoli G. Larsén and Jana Fischereit https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4668613

Short summary

For the first time, turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) calculated from the explicit wake parameterization (EWP) in WRF is examined using high-frequency measurements over a wind farm and compared with that calculated using the Fitch et al. (2012) scheme. We examined the effect of farm-induced TKE advection in connection with the Fitch scheme. Through a case study with a low-level jet (LLJ), we analyzed the key features of LLJs and raised the issue of interaction between wind farms and LLJs.