A WRF ensemble for improved wind speed forecasts at turbine height

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 212-228

  Deppe, Adam J ^a   Gallus, William A ^a   Takle, Eugene S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINE; SPEED; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; HUB HEIGHT; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MODEL ENSEMBLES; MODELING SIMULATION; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; RAMP EVENTS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED FORECAST;

WIND SPEED;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERTURBATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84874911316     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-11-00112.1     Document Type: Article

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