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Mann J, Angelou N, Arnqvist J, Callies D, Cantero E, Arroyo RC, Courtney M, Cuxart J, Dellwik E, Gottschall J, Ivanell S, Kühn P, Lea G, Matos JC, Palma JMLM, Pauscher L, Peña A, Rodrigo JS, Söderberg S, Vasiljevic N, Rodrigues CV. Complex terrain experiments in the New European Wind Atlas. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2017; 375:rsta.2016.0101. [PMID: 28265025 PMCID: PMC5346220 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2016.0101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
The New European Wind Atlas project will create a freely accessible wind atlas covering Europe and Turkey, develop the model chain to create the atlas and perform a series of experiments on flow in many different kinds of complex terrain to validate the models. This paper describes the experiments of which some are nearly completed while others are in the planning stage. All experiments focus on the flow properties that are relevant for wind turbines, so the main focus is the mean flow and the turbulence at heights between 40 and 300 m. Also extreme winds, wind shear and veer, and diurnal and seasonal variations of the wind are of interest. Common to all the experiments is the use of Doppler lidar systems to supplement and in some cases replace completely meteorological towers. Many of the lidars will be equipped with scan heads that will allow for arbitrary scan patterns by several synchronized systems. Two pilot experiments, one in Portugal and one in Germany, show the value of using multiple synchronized, scanning lidar, both in terms of the accuracy of the measurements and the atmospheric physical processes that can be studied. The experimental data will be used for validation of atmospheric flow models and will by the end of the project be freely available.This article is part of the themed issue 'Wind energy in complex terrains'.
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Affiliation(s)
- J Mann
- Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES, Germany
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- National Renewable Energy Centre (CENER), Sarriguren, Spain
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- Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Universitat de les Illes Balears, Mallorca, Spain
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- Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES, Germany
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- Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial (INEGI), Porto, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP), Porto, Portugal
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES, Germany
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- Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
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- National Renewable Energy Centre (CENER), Sarriguren, Spain
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- Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP), Porto, Portugal
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Rodrigues CV, Palma JMLM, Vasiljević N, Courtney M, Mann J. Coupled simulations and comparison with multi-lidar measurements of the wind flow over a double-ridge. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/753/3/032025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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