From shear to veer: theory, statistics,  and practical application

Kelly, Mark; van der Laan, Maarten Paul

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-975-2023

Articles | Volume 8, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-975-2023

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-975-2023

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

Articles | Volume 8, issue 6

Research article

|

13 Jun 2023

Research article |

| 13 Jun 2023

From shear to veer: theory, statistics, and practical application

Mark Kelly and Maarten Paul van der Laan

Download

Final revised paper (published on 13 Jun 2023)
Preprint (discussion started on 09 Jan 2023)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

RC1:
'Comment on wes-2022-119', Dries Allaerts, 17 Feb 2023

See attachment

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2022-119-RC1
- AC1: 'Authors' reply to RC1', Mark Kelly, 21 Mar 2023
  
  The authors appreciate the comments of reviewer 1 (Dries Allaerts); we have reponded to his review in the attached PDF-file (supplement), and revised the manuscript according to his suggestions as elucidated in our response.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2022-119-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on wes-2022-119', Ganesh Vijayakumar, 10 Apr 2023

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://wes.copernicus.org/preprints/wes-2022-119/wes-2022-119-RC2-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2022-119-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply to RC2', Mark Kelly, 17 Apr 2023
  
  The attached PDF file contains the authors' replies (AC2) addressing the comments of G. Vijayakumar, reviewer number 2 (RC2).
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2022-119-AC2

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

AR by Mark Kelly on behalf of the Authors (17 Apr 2023) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Apr 2023) by Jennifer King

ED: Publish as is (01 May 2023) by Jakob Mann (Chief editor)

AR by Mark Kelly on behalf of the Authors (16 May 2023) Manuscript

Short summary

The turning of the wind with height, which is known as veer, can affect wind turbine performance. Thus far meteorology has only given idealized descriptions of veer, which has not yet been related in a way readily usable for wind energy. Here we derive equations for veer in terms of meteorological quantities and provide practically usable forms in terms of measurable shear (change in wind speed with height). Flow simulations and measurements at turbine heights support these developments.