Research Article

WRF Model Methodology for Offshore Wind Energy Applications

Table 4

A synopsis of the WRF model configuration used by EDF R&D for the stable period: 1618 March 2005.

Simulation period15–20/03/2005, 00:00 UTC
Model versionV3.4
Domains4
Horizontal resolution27, 9, 3 and 1 km
Grid sizes 67 × 65, 151 × 121, 217 × 205
and 202 × 190
Vertical resolution88 (eta levels)
Input dataERA-Interim
Time step120 s
Outputs frequency180, 180, 60 and 60 minutes
Gridded analysis nudgingNO
Nesting2-way nesting
Physics schemes
 MicrophysicsNew Thompson
 CumulusGrell 3D
 ShortwaveDudhia
 LongwaveRRTM
 LSMNoah
 PBLYSU, MYNN, MYJ, ACM2