A sensitivity study of the WRF model in wind simulation for an area of high wind energy

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-34

  Carvalho, David ^a   Rocha, Alfredo ^a   Gómez Gesteira, Moncho ^b   Santos, Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Boundary layer parameterizations; Sensitivity analysis; Terrain complexity; Wind energy; Wind simulation; WRF model

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TERRAINS; ERROR MINIMIZATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH WINDS; INTEGRATION TIME; LOW WIND SPEED; MEASURING STATIONS; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL RESULTS; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATION; PORTUGAL; REGION OF INTEREST; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SIMULATION DOMAIN; STANDARD DEVIATION; TERRAIN COMPLEXITY; TERRAIN DATA; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECAST MODELS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND REGIME; WIND SIMULATION; WIND SPEED; WRF MODEL;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ENERGY RESOURCES; LANDFORMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULATED EMISSION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

PORTUGAL;

ROSA;

EID: 84857377272     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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