Constrained synthetic wind fields from high-resolution 3D WindScanner measurements

Abstract

Abstract The limited spatial and temporal resolution of wind measurements within the inflow of a wind turbine requires statistical modeling of synthetic wind fields, integrating actual measurements or derived statistics along with selected turbulence models. The short-range WindScanner technology enhances atmospheric wind measurements with high resolution in both spatial and temporal dimensions. This contribution utilizes 3D turbulent inflow measurements from three synchronized WindScanner to generate synthetic turbulent wind fields. Both, mean wind field parameters and turbulent time series are analyzed, and different input configurations for the constrained wind field generation are evaluated. Our findings indicate the presence of periods characterized by dominant horizontal shear and veer events, with wind speed and direction differences up to 1.53 ms−1 or 8.45° across the rotor span. Additionally, the study reveals that the optimal measurement configuration for constrained turbulence modeling varies depending on the specific evaluated location and velocity component being analyzed. Another observation is that excessive constraints, placed too closely, may lead to overfitting, thereby diminishing the representativeness of the synthetic field for the lateral velocity component.