The Crucial Issues in Low-Level Wind Predicton that Used for Wind Energy Forecasting

Abstract:

The WRF model is employed to simulate the low-level wind field of a wind farm that located in the arid regions in northwest of China for February and October 2008. We presented some difficult issues using mosescale numerical model in low-level wind predicting, meanwhile, corresponding solutions are proposed. Some conclusions and achievements in wind forecasting are summarized; the planning and prospects of next phase also are illustrated.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 608-609)
• Pages: 622-627
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.608-609.622
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Xiao Lin Liu, Shuang Long Jin, Li Wang
• Keywords: Boundary Layer Schemes, Data Assimilation, Mesoscale Numerical Model, Wind Prediction

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