WAT help pages
Introduction
Background
Version history
References
IEC 61400-1 windfarm assessment
Extreme wind
Flow inclination
Wind shear
Turbulence intensity
Wind-speed distribution
Complex terrain
Complex terrain indicator
Turbulence in large wind farms
Turbulence modelling
IEC61400-1 turbulence model
Fatigue damage
Effective turbulence intensity
Conditional wind rose
wake turbulence
Matching IEC and WEng turbulence
Wake turbulence
Measured turbulence
Array management
Energy production with array management
IEC 61400-12-1 site assessment for power performance measurements
Introduction
Annex A - Assessment of obstacles
Annex B - Assessment of terrain
Working with WAT
Preparations
User interface
Menu
Site list
Main plot
Tabels and additional plots
Specifying turbine classification
Editing shut-down rules
Editing reference mast postion
Obstacle assessment for power-performance measurements
Editing measurement sectors
Terrain assessment for power-performance measurements
Options
Include wake effect
Variable Exposure Angle
Apply directional wind distribution
Add IEC wind-speed dependence on turbulence intensity
Apply measured thrust coefficient
Add standard deviation after wake calculus
Include wake deflection
Apply directional turbulence distribution
Apply Wohler exponent for directional averaging
Large windfarm turbulence enhancement
Complex terrain turbulence enhancement
Include effect of ten-minute averaging
Include correction for ten-minute window
Array thining
Frequently asked questions
Which Wöhler coefficient to use in WAT?
Measured turbulence intensities in WAT?
How does the omnidirectional 50-year extreme wind relate to sector-wise extreme winds?
Alternative extreme-wind models?
Alternative fitting methods for the extreme-wind model?
Extreme winds of tropic cyclones?
Map good enough for WENG calculations?
Map good enough for WAT calculations?