Articles | Volume 2, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2-189-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2-189-2017
Research article
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25 Apr 2017
Research article |  | 25 Apr 2017

Statistical characterization of roughness uncertainty and impact on wind resource estimation

Mark Kelly and Hans E. Jørgensen

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (11 Jan 2017) by Horia Hangan
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ED: Publish as is (26 Jan 2017) by Horia Hangan
ED: Publish as is (21 Feb 2017) by Gerard J.W. van Bussel (Chief editor)
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Here we give a basic form for uncertainty in mean wind speed predicted at one site via measurements taken at another site due to uncertainty in surface roughness when using industry-standard European Wind Atlas (e.g., WAsP) method. We also provide an approximate power-curve form and method to further estimate uncertainty in turbine energy production; this is also useful in AEP estimates. Some implications are also discussed, e.g., prediction over forest or with mesoscale model output.
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