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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-487-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-487-2022
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Research article
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08 Mar 2022
Research article |
| 08 Mar 2022
| 08 Mar 2022
Can reanalysis products outperform mesoscale numerical weather prediction models in modeling the wind resource in simple terrain?
Vincent Pronk
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
Mike Optis
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
Julie K. Lundquist
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Patrick Moriarty
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
Caroline Draxl
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Avi Purkayastha
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
Ethan Young
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, USA
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- Beyond the First Generation of Wind Modeling for Resource Assessment and Siting: From Meteorology to Uncertainty Quantification M. Kelly
- Tall wind profile validation of ERA5, NORA3, and NEWA datasets using lidar observations E. Cheynet et al.
- Exploring the Complementarity of Offshore Wind Sites to Reduce the Seasonal Variability of Generation I. Fernandes et al.
- Developing a 20-year high-resolution wind data set for Puerto Rico J. Yang et al.
- Long-term uncertainty quantification in WRF-modeled offshore wind resource off the US Atlantic coast N. Bodini et al.
- The 2023 National Offshore Wind data set (NOW-23) N. Bodini et al.
- Offshore reanalysis wind speed assessment across the wind turbine rotor layer off the United States Pacific coast L. Sheridan et al.
- Detecting and characterizing simulated sea breezes over the US northeastern coast with implications for offshore wind energy G. Xia et al.
- The effects of wind farm wakes on freezing sea spray in the mid-Atlantic offshore wind energy areas D. Rosencrans et al.
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- Improving wind power modelling through granular spatial and temporal bias correction of reanalysis data E. Benmoufok et al.
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- Evaluation of ERA5, COSMO-REA6 and CERRA in simulating wind speed along the French coastline for wind energy applications A. Patra et al.
- A database of hourly wind speed and modeled generation for US wind plants based on three meteorological models D. Millstein et al.
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- A coupled turbine-interaction wind farm parameterization in the Weather Research and Forecasting model C. Wu et al.
- Hybrid wind-solar energy potential modeling using ERA5 and solar irradiation data in google Earth Engine A. Masoud
- A Chebyshev Polynomial‐Based Wind Speed Profile Characterization Framework: Applications in Mesoscale Model Evaluation H. Baki & S. Basu
- Validation of wind resource and energy production simulations for small wind turbines in the United States L. Sheridan et al.
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In this paper, we have assessed to which extent mesoscale numerical weather prediction models are more accurate than state-of-the-art reanalysis products in characterizing the wind resource at heights of interest for wind energy. The conclusions of our work will be of primary importance to the wind industry for recommending the best data sources for wind resource modeling.
In this paper, we have assessed to which extent mesoscale numerical weather prediction models...
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