Articles | Volume 5, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-489-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-489-2020
Research article
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17 Apr 2020
Research article |  | 17 Apr 2020

The importance of round-robin validation when assessing machine-learning-based vertical extrapolation of wind speeds

Nicola Bodini and Mike Optis

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An accurate assessment of the wind resource at hub height is necessary for an efficient and bankable wind farm project. Conventional techniques for wind speed vertical extrapolation include a power law and a logarithmic law. Here, we propose a round-robin validation to assess the benefits that a machine-learning-based approach can provide in vertically extrapolating wind speed at a location different from the training site – the most practically useful application for the wind energy industry.
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