Articles | Volume 3, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-681-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-681-2018
Research article
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10 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 10 Oct 2018

Does the wind turbine wake follow the topography? A multi-lidar study in complex terrain

Robert Menke, Nikola Vasiljević, Kurt S. Hansen, Andrea N. Hahmann, and Jakob Mann

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AR by Robert Menke on behalf of the Authors (05 Jul 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (23 Jul 2018) by Julie Lundquist
AR by Robert Menke on behalf of the Authors (02 Aug 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 Aug 2018) by Julie Lundquist
AR by Robert Menke on behalf of the Authors (13 Aug 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (23 Aug 2018) by Julie Lundquist
ED: Publish as is (24 Aug 2018) by Gerard J.W. van Bussel (Chief editor)
AR by Robert Menke on behalf of the Authors (03 Sep 2018)
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This study investigates the behaviour of wind turbine wakes in complex terrain. Using six scanning lidars, we measured the wake of a single turbine at the Perdigão site in Portugal in 2015. Our findings show that wake propagation is highly dependent on the atmospheric stability, which is mostly ignored in flow simulation used for wind farm layout design. The wake is lifted up during unstable atmospheric conditions and follows the terrain downwards during stable conditions.
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