A preliminary study of assimilating numerical weather prediction data into computational fluid dynamics models for wind prediction

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 320-329

  Zajaczkowski, Frank J ^a   Haupt, Sue Ellen ^a   Schmehl, Kerrie J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Mesoscale modeling; Numerical Weather Prediction; Weather Research Forecast Model; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND POWER;

ASSIMILATION; COMBINING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; MESO-SCALE MODELING; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PRELIMINARY APPROACH; WEATHER RESEARCH FORECASTS; WIND POWER PRODUCTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79955021402     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2011.01.023     Document Type: Article

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