Modelling the impact of trapped lee waves on offshore wind farm power output

Ollier, Sarah J.; Watson, Simon J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1179-2023

Articles | Volume 8, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1179-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1179-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 7

Research article

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18 Jul 2023

Research article |

| 18 Jul 2023

Modelling the impact of trapped lee waves on offshore wind farm power output

Sarah J. Ollier and Simon J. Watson

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