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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-1905-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-1905-2022
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16 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 16 Sep 2022

Statistical post-processing of reanalysis wind speeds at hub heights using a diagnostic wind model and neural networks

Sebastian Brune and Jan D. Keller

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A post-processing of the wind speed of the regional reanalysis COSMO-REA6 in Central Europe is performed based on a combined physical and statistical approach. The physical basis is provided by downscaling wind speeds with the help of a diagnostic wind model, which reduces the horizontal grid point spacing by a factor of 8. The statistical correction using a neural network based on different variables of the reanalysis leads to an improvement of 30 % in RMSE compared to COSMO-REA6.
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