Validation of boundary-layer winds from WRF mesoscale forecasts over Denmark

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2010, EWEC 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1070-1077

  Hahmann, Andrea N ^a   Peña, Alfredo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Numerical weather prediction; Stability conditions; Wind forecasts; Wind profiles

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED RESEARCHES; DENMARK; LARGE WIND TURBINES; LOCAL CONDITIONS; MEAN ERRORS; MESOSCALE FORECASTS; MESOSCALE MODEL; MICRO-SCALES; NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; STABILITY CONDITION; TEST STATION; WIND FORECASTS; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND PROFILES; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED FORECAST; WIND VELOCITIES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXHIBITIONS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 84870028381     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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