Regional wind model part 3 - Generating local wind expectancy statistics from a reference wind rose and a regional CFD model

Summary

This post describes the combination of a statistical model of the wind distribution at a reference site (derived in post 1) with a regional model of terrain effects (post 2 to generate wind expectancy statistics for any site.

Regional wind model part 2 - Building a model of local wind effects

Summary

This post describes the construction of a Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) model of the Wellington region which gives local detail of the wind flow around topography. This model will be used in Part 3 of this blog series to scale the reference site wind distribution and generate local wind environment statistics.

Regional wind model part 1 - Building a statistical model for wind speeds and directions

Summary

This post presents a method for constructing a statistical model to represent the wind environment at some particular site. The wind speed and direction record from the ‘Wellington Aero’ meteorological station is used for this analysis but the method should be generally applicable.

Monitoring the accuracy of the long range weather forecast

Summary

This project investigated the accuracy of the long range weather forecast. The data, results and analysis are publicly viewable at www.metsean.xyz.