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A decision-tree-based measure–correlate–predict approach for peak wind gust estimation from a global reanalysis dataset
Serkan Kartal
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Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Sukanta Basu
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Simon J. Watson
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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Peak wind gust is a crucial meteorological variable for wind farm planning and operations. Unfortunately, many wind farms do not have on-site measurements of it. In this paper, we propose a machine-learning approach (called INTRIGUE, decIsioN-TRee-based wInd GUst Estimation) that utilizes numerous inputs from a public-domain reanalysis dataset, generating long-term, site-specific peak wind gust series.
Peak wind gust is a crucial meteorological variable for wind farm planning and operations....
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