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Classification and properties of non-idealized coastal wind profiles – an observational study
Christoffer Hallgren
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Johan Arnqvist
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Erik Nilsson
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Stefan Ivanell
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Metodija Shapkalijevski
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
August Thomasson
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Heidi Pettersson
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Erik Sahlée
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Non-idealized wind profiles with negative shear in part of the profile (e.g., low-level jets) frequently occur in coastal environments and are important to take into consideration for offshore wind power. Using observations from a coastal site in the Baltic Sea, we analyze in which meteorological and sea state conditions these profiles occur and study how they alter the turbulence structure of the boundary layer compared to idealized profiles.
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