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dc.contributor.authorSolbakken, Kine
dc.contributor.authorBirkelund, Yngve
dc.contributor.authorSamuelsen, Eirik Mikal
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-03T09:49:28Z
dc.date.available2022-01-03T09:49:28Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-04
dc.description.abstractThis study evaluates a numerical weather prediction model as a tool for wind resource assessment in complex terrain and how the simulations are affected by the selection of initial and boundary conditions and various grid resolutions. Two global reanalyses, ERA-Interim and ERA5, and four grid resolutions, 27 km, 9 km, 3 km and 1 km, have been considered. The simulations have been compared to hub-height wind measurements. The ERA5 forced simulations were found to provide improved wind speed results. The simulations show clear improvements in terms of lower error when the grid spacing is reduced from 27 km via 9 km to 3 km. From 3 km to 1 km, the error is not further reduced. However, the 1 km simulations tend to better reproduce the mean wind features and show defined areas with higher and lower wind speeds, providing useful information for wind resource mapping in complex terrain.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSolbakken K, Birkelund Y, Samuelsen EMS. Evaluation of surface wind using WRF in complex terrain: Atmospheric input data and grid spacing. Environmental Modelling & Software. 2021en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1933182
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105182
dc.identifier.issn1364-8152
dc.identifier.issn1873-6726
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/23569
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalEnvironmental Modelling & Software
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Physics: 430en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430en_US
dc.titleEvaluation of surface wind using WRF in complex terrain: Atmospheric input data and grid spacingen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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