Journal article
Results of the GABLS3 diurnal-cycle benchmark for wind energy applications: Paper
National Renewable Energy Center1
University of Colorado Boulder2
Aerodynamic design, Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark3
University of Porto4
Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación5
Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark6
Resource Assessment Modelling, Department of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark7
Technical University of Denmark8
National Renewable Energy Laboratory9
National Center for Atmospheric Research10
KU Leuven11
...and 1 moreWe present results of the GABLS3 model intercomparison benchmark revisited for wind energy applications. The case consists of a diurnal cycle, measured at the 200-m tall Cabauw tower in the Netherlands, including a nocturnal low-level jet. The benchmark includes a sensitivity analysis of WRF simulations using two input meteorological databases and five planetary boundary-layer schemes.
A reference set of mesoscale tendencies is used to drive microscale simulations using RANS k- and LES turbulence models. The validation is based on rotor-based quantities of interest. Cycle-integrated mean absolute errors are used to quantify model performance. The results of the benchmark are used to discuss input uncertainties from mesoscale modelling, different meso-micro coupling strategies (online vs offline) and consistency between RANS and LES codes when dealing with boundary-layer mean flow quantities.
Overall, all the microscale simulations produce a consistent coupling with mesoscale forcings.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Pages: | 012037 |
| Proceedings: | Wake Conference 2017 |
| ISSN: | 17426596 and 17426588 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1742-6596/854/1/012037 |
| ORCIDs: | Cavar, Dalibor and Van Der Laan, M. P. |
