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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-125-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-125-2023
Research article
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24 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 24 Jan 2023

Turbulence structures and entrainment length scales in large offshore wind farms

Abdul Haseeb Syed, Jakob Mann, Andreas Platis, and Jens Bange

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Wind turbines extract energy from the incoming wind flow, which needs to be recovered. In very large offshore wind farms, the energy is recovered mostly from above the wind farm in a process called entrainment. In this study, we analyzed the effect of atmospheric stability on the entrainment process in large offshore wind farms using measurements recorded by a research aircraft. This is the first time that in situ measurements are used to study the energy recovery process above wind farms.
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