Articles | Volume 6, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-935-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-935-2021
Research article
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16 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 16 Jun 2021

New methods to improve the vertical extrapolation of near-surface offshore wind speeds

Mike Optis, Nicola Bodini, Mithu Debnath, and Paula Doubrawa

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Offshore wind turbines are huge, with rotor blades soon to extend up to nearly 300 m. Accurate modeling of winds across these heights is crucial for accurate estimates of energy production. However, we lack sufficient observations at these heights but have plenty of near-surface observations. Here we show that a basic machine-learning model can provide very accurate estimates of winds in this area, and much better than conventional techniques.
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