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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-1359-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-1359-2020
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Does the rotational direction of a wind turbine impact the wake in a stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer?
Antonia Englberger
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
German Aerospace Center, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Andreas Dörnbrack
German Aerospace Center, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Julie K. Lundquist
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, USA
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
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- Impact of atmospheric stability and turbulence on wind turbine wake characteristics: a nacelle lidar study J. Menken & N. Wildmann https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2783-2026
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- Coriolis effects on wind turbine wakes across neutral atmospheric boundary layer regimes K. Heck & M. Howland https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2025.35
- Validation of wind turbine wakes modelled by the Meso-NH LES solver under different cases of stability E. Jézéquel et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1934/1/012003
- Comparative Study on Wake Characteristics of Dual-Rotor Wind Turbines under Varying Thrust Coefficient and Turbulence Intensity H. Kim et al. https://doi.org/10.7836/kses.2025.45.6.165
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Short summary
At night, the wind direction often changes with height, and this veer affects structures near the surface like wind turbines. Wind turbines usually rotate clockwise, but this rotational direction interacts with veer to impact the flow field behind a wind turbine. If another turbine is located downwind, the direction of the upwind turbine's rotation will affect the downwind turbine.
At night, the wind direction often changes with height, and this veer affects structures near...
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