Articles | Volume 31, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-31-587-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-31-587-2024
Research article
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10 Dec 2024
Research article |  | 10 Dec 2024

Multifractal analysis of wind turbine power and rainfall from an operational wind farm – Part 1: Wind turbine power and the associated biases

Jerry Jose, Auguste Gires, Yelva Roustan, Ernani Schnorenberger, Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia, and Daniel Schertzer

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on npg-2024-5', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Mar 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Jerry Jose, 09 May 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on npg-2024-5', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Mar 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Jerry Jose, 09 May 2024

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Jerry Jose on behalf of the Authors (20 Sep 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Sep 2024) by Luciano Telesca
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (03 Oct 2024)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (10 Oct 2024)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (10 Oct 2024) by Luciano Telesca
AR by Jerry Jose on behalf of the Authors (12 Oct 2024)  Manuscript 
Short summary
Wind energy exhibits extreme variability in space and time. However, it also shows scaling properties (properties that remain similar across different times and spaces of measurement). This can be quantified using appropriate statistical tools. In this way, the scaling properties of power from a wind farm are analysed here. Since every turbine is manufactured by design for a rated power, this acts as an upper limit on the data. This bias is identified here using data and numerical simulations.