Evaluation of a Wind Farm Parametrization for Mesoscale Atmospheric Flow Models with Aircraft Measurements

Siedersleben, Simon K.; Platis, Andreas; Lundquist, Julie K.; Lampert, Astrid; Bärfuss, Konrad; Cañadillas, Beatriz; Djath, Bughsin; Schulz-Stellenfleth, Johannes; Bange, Jens; Neumann, Thomas; Emeis, Stefan

doi:10.1127/metz/2018/0900

Evaluation of a Wind Farm Parametrization for Mesoscale Atmospheric Flow Models with Aircraft Measurements

Journal Article · Thu Dec 06 23:00:00 EST 2018 · Meteorologische Zeitschrift (Berlin)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1127/metz/2018/0900· OSTI ID:1507285

Siedersleben, Simon K. ^[1]; Platis, Andreas ^[2]; Lundquist, Julie K. ^[3]; Lampert, Astrid ^[4]; Bärfuss, Konrad ^[4]; Cañadillas, Beatriz ^[5]; Djath, Bughsin ^[6]; Schulz-Stellenfleth, Johannes ^[6]; Bange, Jens ^[2]; Neumann, Thomas ^[5]; Emeis, Stefan ^[1]

Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany). IMK-IFU
Univ. of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Technische Univ. Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony (Germany)
UL–DEWI GmbH, Wilhelmshaven (Germany)
Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht (Germany). Inst. for Coastal Research.

Large offshore wind farms are usually clustered around transmission grids to minimize the expense of transmission, due to military zones, pipelines, and due to other uses such as nature preserves. However, this close proximity can undermine power production in downwind wind farms due to wakes from upwind wind farms. Therefore, the wind energy industry has great interest in determining the spatial dimensions of offshore wind farm wakes to assess the economical potential of planned wind farms. In this work we use wake measurements conducted by a research aircraft to evaluate the performance of a wind farm parameterization (WFP) in a mesoscale model during stably-stratified atmospheric conditions, in which the wake is expected to be the strongest. The observations were conducted on the 10 September 2016 within the project WIPAFF (Wind PArk Far Field) at the North Sea. The observations allow evaluation of both the horizontal and the vertical dimensions of the wake. The model simulates the length and most of the time the spatial dimensions of the wake. Further, we show that the largest potential for improving the performance of the WFP is rooted in an improvement of the background flow. This is due to the fact that the mesoscale model has problems representing the atmospheric boundary layer in the transition between land to open sea.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1507285

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--5000-73670

Journal Information:: Meteorologische Zeitschrift (Berlin), Journal Name: Meteorologische Zeitschrift (Berlin) Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 27; ISSN 0941-2948

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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