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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1153-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1153-2024
Research article
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13 May 2024
Research article |  | 13 May 2024

Tropical cyclone low-level wind speed, shear, and veer: sensitivity to the boundary layer parametrization in the Weather Research and Forecasting model

Sara Müller, Xiaoli Guo Larsén, and David Robert Verelst

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Tropical cyclone winds are challenging for wind turbines. We analyze a tropical cyclone before landfall in a mesoscale model. The simulated wind speeds and storm structure are sensitive to the boundary parametrization. However, independent of the boundary layer parametrization, the median change in wind speed and wind direction with height is small relative to wind turbine design standards. Strong spatial organization of wind shear and veer along the rainbands may increase wind turbine loads.
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