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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-1167-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-1167-2025
Research article
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01 Jul 2025
Research article |  | 01 Jul 2025

Investigating the relationship between simulation parameters and flow variables in simulating atmospheric gravity waves for wind energy applications

Mehtab Ahmed Khan, Dries Allaerts, Simon J. Watson, and Matthew J. Churchfield

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Allaerts, D.: Large-eddy Simulation of Wind Farms in Conventionally Neutral and Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layers, PhD thesis, LIRIAS, KU Leuven, 2016. a, b, c
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To guide realistic atmospheric gravity wave simulations, we study flow over a two-dimensional hill and through a wind farm canopy, examining optimal domain size and damping layer setup. Wave properties based on non-dimensional numbers determine the optimal domain and damping parameters. Accurate solutions require the domain length to exceed the effective horizontal wavelength, height, and damping thickness to equal the vertical wavelength and non-dimensional damping strength between 1 and 10.
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