The atmospheric boundary layer

JR Garratt - Earth-Science Reviews, 1994 - Elsevier
An overview is given of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) over both continental and
ocean surfaces, mainly from observational and modelling perspectives. Much is known …

Mass-consistent models for wind fields over complex terrain: the state of the art

CF Ratto, R Festa, C Romeo, OA Frumento… - Environmental …, 1994 - Elsevier
Among the diagnostic models for wind field simulation, mass-consistent models play an
important role, thanks to the simplicity of the physics involved and their capacity to accept …

Optimal control of energy extraction in wind-farm boundary layers

JP Goit, J Meyers - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015 - cambridge.org
In very large wind farms, the vertical interaction with the atmospheric boundary layer plays
an important role, ie the total energy extraction is governed by the vertical transport of kinetic …

An advanced stochastic weather generator for simulating 2‐D high‐resolution climate variables

N Peleg, S Fatichi, A Paschalis… - Journal of Advances …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A new stochastic weather generator, Advanced WEather GENerator for a two‐dimensional
grid (AWE‐GEN‐2d) is presented. The model combines physical and stochastic approaches …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of sea spray on tropical cyclone intensity

EL Andreas, KA Emanuel - Journal of the atmospheric …, 2001 - journals.ametsoc.org
The intensity of tropical cyclones is sensitive to the rates at which enthalpy and momentum
are transferred between sea and air in the high-wind core of the storm. Present models of …

[PDF][PDF] Parameterization of lakes in numerical weather prediction. Description of a lake model

UG Spacio, A e Meteorologia, G Wodnej… - 2008 - cosmo-model.org
A lake model intended for use as a lake parameterization module in numerical weather
prediction (also in climate modelling and other environmental applications) is developed …

Short-term prediction of local wind conditions

L Landberg, SJ Watson - Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 1994 - Springer
Abstract Using Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models it has been shown that they,
combined with models (either physical or statistical) taking local effects into account, can be …

The wind forecast for safety management of port areas

G Solari, MP Repetto, M Burlando… - Journal of Wind …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper illustrates the research activities linked with the European Project “Wind and
Ports: The forecast of wind for the management and the safety of port areas”, which involves …

A parametric large-eddy simulation study of wind-farm blockage and gravity waves in conventionally neutral boundary layers

L Lanzilao, J Meyers - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
We present a suite of large-eddy simulations (LES) of a wind farm operating in
conventionally neutral boundary layers. A fixed 1.6 GW wind farm is considered for 40 …

Large eddy simulation of a large wind-turbine array in a conventionally neutral atmospheric boundary layer

D Allaerts, J Meyers - Physics of Fluids, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Under conventionally neutral conditions, the boundary layer is frequently capped by an
inversion layer, which counteracts vertical entrainment of kinetic energy. Very large wind …