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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-1379-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-1379-2021
Research article
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04 Nov 2021
Research article |  | 04 Nov 2021

Satellite-based estimation of roughness lengths and displacement heights for wind resource modelling

Rogier Floors, Merete Badger, Ib Troen, Kenneth Grogan, and Finn-Hendrik Permien

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Wind turbines are frequently placed in forests. We investigate the potential of using satellites to characterize the land surface for wind flow modelling. Maps of forest properties are generated from satellite data and converted to flow modelling maps. Validation is carried out at 10 sites. Using the novel satellite-based maps leads to lower errors of the power density than land cover databases, which demonstrates the value of using satellite-based land cover maps for flow modelling.
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