Numerical Modelling of Neutral Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flow Through Heterogeneous Forest Canopies in Complex Terrain (A Case Study of a Swedish Wind Farm)

This paper exposes the risk of generalization of wind conditions from a single met-mast measurement to be representative of the actual flow field in a wind farm situated in complex terrain. The Large-Eddy Simulation of the neutral atmospheric flow for a mid-western Sweden wind farm is performed. The site-specific complex topography and the forest properties are extracted from the Airborne Laser Scanning data. To emphasize the impact of the local...