Investigation of WRF configuration for offshore wind resource maps in Japan

摘要

In Japan, a national project for making offshore wind resource maps is currently conducted by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). Using the mesoscale model WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting model), which is used for making the maps, several sensitivity tests are performed, changing model configurations regarding the planetary boundary layer (PBL) scheme, four dimensional data assimilation (FDDA), vertical levels, and sea surface temperature (SST). Based on these results, the authors finally determine the WRF configuration which will be actually used to make the offshore wind resource maps in the NEDO project.