High-resolution WRF simulations for Offshore wind farm facilities in the Northeast Atlantic cluster
Abstract
Offshore wind energy farms rely on highly accurate information of wind and wave. To maintain uninterrupted operational function, these wind farms need high-quality atmospheric measurements over the coastal and offshore region which is also a challenge due to the lack of measurement availability. Many of the current studies apply Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models to predict wind for different wind energy farms located both offshore and onshore using comparatively coarser domain configurations. The goal of this study is to develop and assess a high-resolution wind prediction system based on the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for offshore wind farms in the Northeast Atlantic cluster. Several WRF v.4.1.3 configurations are explored with various initial and boundary conditions, horizontal grid spacing (with the finest domain configuration at 200m x 200m), vertical levels and parameterization schemes, covering both clear weather events and winter storms. Available weather stations, buoy and tower observations are used for the performance evaluation of the model configuration. We will discuss the uncertainty in wind speed prediction especially at the level where the wind turbine rotor blades are located and the effect of terra-incognita issues within the finest domain configuration.
- Publication:
-
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2020
- Bibcode:
- 2020AGUFMGC126..03Z
- Keywords:
-
- 1610 Atmosphere;
- GLOBAL CHANGE;
- 1630 Impacts of global change;
- GLOBAL CHANGE