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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-1575-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-1575-2022
Research article
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22 Jul 2022
Research article |  | 22 Jul 2022

Spatiotemporal observations of nocturnal low-level jets and impacts on wind power production

Eduardo Weide Luiz and Stephanie Fiedler

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This work analyses a meteorological event, called nocturnal low-level jets (NLLJs), defined as high wind speeds relatively close to the surface. There were positive and negative impacts from NLLJs. While NLLJs increased the mean power production, they also increased the variability in the wind with height. Our results imply that long NLLJ events are also larger, affecting many wind turbines at the same time. Short NLLJ events are more local, having stronger effects on power variability.
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