High wind shear and veer events predicted to impact wind turbines.
The AWAKEN field campaign in Oklahoma studied wind patterns near the ARM SGP observatory. They found high wind shear and veer events, especially nocturnal low-level jets from the south and southeast. Wind speed at 91m can be predicted from data at 10m with some bias, especially in low wind speed regions. The Monin–Obukhov similarity theory was used to predict wind shear, validated with Doppler lidar data. The theory works well for unstable atmospheric conditions but struggles with stable conditions.