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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-353-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-353-2018
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08 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 08 Jun 2018

From lidar scans to roughness maps for wind resource modelling in forested areas

Rogier Floors, Peter Enevoldsen, Neil Davis, Johan Arnqvist, and Ebba Dellwik

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Applying erroneous boundary conditions (surface roughness) for wind flow modelling can have a large impact on the estimated performance of wind turbines, particularly in forested areas. Traditionally the estimation of the surface roughness is based on a subjective process that requires assigning a value to each land use class in the vicinity of the wind farm. Here we propose a new method which converts lidar scans from a plane into maps that can be used for wind flow modelling.
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