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Articles | Volume 11, issue 7
Articles | Volume 11, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2323-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2323-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 11, issue 7
Research article
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06 Jul 2026
Research article |  | 06 Jul 2026

A semi-empirical model for near-sea-surface wind speed deficits downstream of offshore wind parks in the German Bight fitted to satellite synthetic aperture radar measurements

Johannes Schulz-Stellenfleth and Bughsin Djath

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Data acquired by the European Sentinel-1A/Sentinel-B satellites are combined with a semi-empirical model to enable the easy inclusion of atmospheric offshore wind farm wakes in existing atmospheric model datasets. The model improves the agreement of data from an operational forecast centre with in situ measurements in the German Bight significantly.
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