Large-eddy simulation of an atmospheric bore and associated gravity wave effects on wind farm performance in the Southern Great Plains

Animations from weather radars (observations) and simulations (modeling) of an atmospheric bore and associated gravity waves during the AWAKEN field campaign from a case study on 06 June 2023. The first animation is reflectivity from the NEXRAD WSR-88D system at the Oklahoma City radar site (KTLX) operated by the National Weather Service. The second animation is wind speed at 95, 145, and 270 m agl from the Texas Tech X-Band radars at the AWAKEN site. The third and fourth animations are for simulation results using the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) with two domains. The third animation is vertical velocity at 1 km agl and potential temperature at 200 m agl on domain d01, which has a horizontal grid spacing of 300 m. The fourth animation is hub-height wind speed and perturbation pressure along with simulated power output for 3 wind turbines in each of the four rows on domain d01, which has a horizontal grid spacing of 20 m. The wind turbines are NREL 2.8 MW turbines parameterized using a generalized actuator disk. 

These animations are included as supplementary material for the manuscript "Large-eddy simulation of an atmospheric bore and associated gravity wave effects on wind farm performance in the Southern Great Plains" submitted to Wind Energy Science.