Articles | Volume 9, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-821-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-821-2024
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08 Apr 2024
Research article |  | 08 Apr 2024

Machine learning methods to improve spatial predictions of coastal wind speed profiles and low-level jets using single-level ERA5 data

Christoffer Hallgren, Jeanie A. Aird, Stefan Ivanell, Heiner Körnich, Ville Vakkari, Rebecca J. Barthelmie, Sara C. Pryor, and Erik Sahlée

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Complete ERA5 global atmospheric reanalysis Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.143582cf

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Knowing the wind speed across the rotor of a wind turbine is key in making good predictions of the power production. However, models struggle to capture both the speed and the shape of the wind profile. Using machine learning methods based on the model data, we show that the predictions can be improved drastically. The work focuses on three coastal sites, spread over the Northern Hemisphere (the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, and the US Atlantic coast) with similar results for all sites.
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