From lidar scans to roughness maps for wind resource modelling in forested areas

Floors, RogierTech Univ Denmark, Dept Wind Energy, Roskilde, Denmark (författare)

Applying erroneous roughness lengths can have a large impact on the estimated performance of wind turbines, particularly in forested areas. In this study, a new method called the objective roughness approach (ORA), which converts tree height maps created using airborne lidar scans to roughness maps suitable for wind modelling, is evaluated via cross predictions among different anemometers at a complex forested site with seven tall meteorological masts using the Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program (WAsP). The cross predictions were made using ORA maps created at four spatial resolutions and from four freely available roughness maps based on land use classifications. The validation showed that the use of ORA maps resulted in a closer agreement with observational data for all investigated resolutions compared to the land use maps. Further, when using the ORA maps, the risk of making large errors (>25%) in predicted power density was reduced by 40-50% compared to satellite-based products with the same resolution. The results could be further improved for high-resolution ORA maps by adding the displacement height. The improvements when using the ORA maps were both due to a higher roughness length and due to the higher resolution.

Enevoldsen, PeterAarhus Univ, Ctr Energy Technol, Aarhus, Denmark;Envis Energy, Silkeborg, Denmark (författare)
Davis, NeilTech Univ Denmark, Dept Wind Energy, Roskilde, Denmark (författare)
Arnqvist, Johan,1985-Uppsala universitet,Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära(Swepub:uu)johar477 (författare)
Dellwik, EbbaTech Univ Denmark, Dept Wind Energy, Roskilde, Denmark (författare)
Tech Univ Denmark, Dept Wind Energy, Roskilde, DenmarkAarhus Univ, Ctr Energy Technol, Aarhus, Denmark;Envis Energy, Silkeborg, Denmark (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Wind Energy Science: COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH3:1, s. 353-3702366-74432366-7451

Av författaren/redakt...: Floors, Rogier; Enevoldsen, Pete ...; Davis, Neil; Arnqvist, Johan, ...; Dellwik, Ebba

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