WAsP – the Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program

Frequently Asked Questions

In addition to the Q&A by topic, this page also links to other background information which may answer your questions. Unless otherwise stated, the Q&A's and other background information refer to the latest versions of WAsP, the WAsP Map Editor and the WAsP Turbine Editor, even though most of the information may be valid for previous versions as well.

Questions and Answers by topic

WAsP run on a remote server?

Input of meteorological data to WAsP

Roughness and orography (digital maps)

Map images (e.g. paper) as source of digital maps

The WAsP model

Cross predictions

The Ruggedness Index (RIX)

Wind turbine data

Output formats

Wind shear exponents

Extreme wind modelling in WAsP Engineering

Working with maps in WAsP Engineering

Questions related to the Windfarm Assessment Tool

WebHelp for WAsP software

Browse the WAsP 9 help facility (WebHelp)

Browse the WAsP 9 help facility (FlashHelp)

Browse the WAsP Engineering 2 help facility

Browse the WAT help pages (HTML)

 

Other background information

Changes and additions in WAsP 8

WAsP 8 and 7 installation coexistence

WAsP and WAsP Engineering coexistence:
Using separate dongles

Wind speed distributions and AEP

Emergent wind speed distribution

Weibull representation of wind speed distribution

Reference roughness

Map formats

Map suppliers

Elevation maps from gridded SRTM data

Using SAGA to make WAsP elevation maps (pdf, 194 KB)

Roughness maps from gridded land cover information

How to handle forest in WAsP (pdf, 21 KB)

Satellite-based offshore winds (pdf, 529 KB)

WAsP best practices and checklist (pdf, 138 KB)
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Last updated 05-07-2010