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Articles | Volume 8, issue 6
Articles | Volume 8, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-975-2023
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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
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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

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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.
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