Table 1.

Summary of validation results

(a) Anemometers wind velocity measurements (velocity magnitude in [m/s] and orientation in °), identified CFD inlet boundary conditions, and averaged relative deviations in [%]
 A0A1A2A3INLETINLETErrors [%]
Time‖〈uA0〉‖/.αA0‖〈uA1〉‖/.αA1‖〈uA2〉‖/.αA2‖〈uA3〉‖/.αA3BC urefBC α‖〈u〉‖ /.α
15.00–16.002.31/1.031.33/18.041.65/350.231.44/10.573.7055.9778.86/5.56
16.00–17.002.35/12.131.44/20.681.62/358.231.40/4.213.9807.62813.07/5.64
17.00–18.002.36/8.661.36/14.471.85/353.991.53/357.954.2790.4996.48/4.79
18.00–19.003.02/10.721.69/25.632.12/358.051.61/3.104.8570.5408.18/5.35
19.00–20.002.38/13.561.50/10.781.96/354.051.64/8.054.703−0.027.95/5.06
(b) Wind velocity magnitude (in [m/s]) at M0 and M1 given by the CFD, the WRF model and absolute deviations
 CFDWRFErrorCFDWRFError
Time‖〈uM0〉‖‖〈uM0〉‖‖〈uM0〉‖‖〈uM1〉‖‖〈uM1〉‖‖〈uM1〉‖
15.00–16.006.526.420.106.736.490.24
16.00–17.007.027.600.587.247.800.55
17.00–18.007.539.692.167.739.822.09
18.00–19.008.5810.061.488.7910.121.33
19.00–20.008.2910.231.938.4910.532.03
(c) Counterpart of (b) for the wind orientation absolute deviations (in °)
 CFDWRFErrorCFDWRFError
TimeαM0αM0αM0αM1αM1αM1
15.00–16.009.2832.8723.586.3021.8015.50
16.00–17.0011.1727.5816.428.0323.7415.72
17.00–18.003.3023.8320.531.1122.1121.00
18.00–19.003.3825.7122.331.2623.7922.53
19.00–20.002.7927.7424.950.7226.0325.31
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