use wakes to improve `optimize_northing.py`
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Description
At present optimize_northing.py makes the turbine yaw direction data agree with the chosen reanalysis data (normally ERA5 100m wind direction) however this is probably no better than +/- 5deg accurate since the real wind direction at wind farm hub height will not perfectly match ERA5.
The calculate north offset could be improved by finding wake centers in the data and comparing these to the expected wind direction of the wake centers.
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Research direction
Start by reading optimize_northing.py and tracing how it currently compares turbine yaw direction with reanalysis data, normally ERA5 100m wind direction. Investigate how wake centers can be identified in the available data and compared with the expected wake-center wind direction. Done means the north-offset calculation uses this comparison to improve on the current approach.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- data
- Issue type
- Feature
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