Articles | Volume 9, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1189-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1189-2024
Research article
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16 May 2024
Research article |  | 16 May 2024

Method to predict the minimum measurement and experiment durations needed to achieve converged and significant results in a wind energy field experiment

Daniel R. Houck, Nathaniel B. de Velder, David C. Maniaci, and Brent C. Houchens

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (22 Mar 2024) by Julia Gottschall
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ED: Publish as is (02 Apr 2024) by Julia Gottschall
ED: Publish as is (04 Apr 2024) by Carlo L. Bottasso (Chief editor)
AR by Dan Houck on behalf of the Authors (04 Apr 2024)  Manuscript 
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Experiments offer incredible value to science, but results must come with an uncertainty quantification to be meaningful. We present a method to simulate a proposed experiment, calculate uncertainties, and determine the measurement duration (total time of measurements) and the experiment duration (total time to collect the required measurement data when including condition variability and time when measurement is not occurring) required to produce statistically significant and converged results.
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