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Articles | Volume 11, issue 7
Articles | Volume 11, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2723-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2723-2026
© 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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30 Jul 2026
Research article |  | 30 Jul 2026

Slow wake recovery and low turbulence behind wind farms parameterized in mesoscale simulations

William C. Radünz, Jens H. Kasper, Richard J. A. M. Stevens, and Julie K. Lundquist

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Wind farms extract energy from the wind, creating slower, more turbulent flows that can affect other farms downstream. Using high-fidelity simulations for comparison, we find that mesoscale simulations that parameterize wind farms at coarser resolution may underestimate how quickly the wind recovers downstream. This slow recovery results from missing sharp wind gradients and low turbulence. Improving these aspects can help better predict wind energy production over long distances.
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