Characterizing and modeling wind power forecast errors from operational systems for use in wind integration planning studies

Wind Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 509-524

  Hodge, Bri Mathias ^a   Ela, Erik ^a   Milligan, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENTS; FORECAST ERRORS; FORECASTING ERROR; MODEL FIT; MULTIPLE TIMESCALES; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS; PERSISTENCE MODELS; SYSTEM OPERATION; WIND INTEGRATION; WIND POWER FORECAST; WIND POWER FORECASTING; WIND POWER INTEGRATIONS;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND POWER;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; WIND POWER;

EID: 84868294703     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0309-524X.36.5.509     Document Type: Article

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