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wind energy resource evaluation in a site of central italy ... - WindSim

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Both the pictures 4.3 and 4.4 have been built and colored ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the sameheight scale which ranges from 470 m to 1823 m.Notice that <strong>in</strong> direction NE-SW the quote <strong>of</strong> the terra<strong>in</strong> grows very slowly to the top<strong>of</strong> the rocky mounta<strong>in</strong>. Over the top, a deep valley is present, where the stepbetween the maximum and the m<strong>in</strong>imum height is <strong>in</strong> order <strong>of</strong> 1400 meters.4.2.2 Roughness characteristicsThe whole area has been subdivided <strong>in</strong>to three ma<strong>in</strong> roughness regions,characterized by three different values <strong>of</strong> roughness heights. The roughness classesare expla<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the table 4.1.Table 4.1: Roughness values assigned to the <strong>site</strong>.DESCRIPTIONZ 0 [m]Rocks, stones an plowed terra<strong>in</strong> 0,03Forest 0,65Urban areas 0,80The figure 4.5 represents the roughness contour map <strong>of</strong> the region.The plateau is all characterized by a roughness value <strong>of</strong> Z 0 = 0,03 m ; <strong>in</strong> fact no treesand other k<strong>in</strong>d <strong>of</strong> vegetation is present <strong>in</strong> this region.The W<strong>in</strong>dsim s<strong>of</strong>tware allows the comparison <strong>of</strong> the actual contour map <strong>of</strong>roughness with a satellite aerial picture <strong>of</strong> the <strong>site</strong>. The result <strong>of</strong> this procedure isreported <strong>in</strong> the further figure 4.6.To allow the overlay, <strong>in</strong> the roughness colors with pa<strong>in</strong>ts that contrast the typicalcolors <strong>of</strong> a satellite picture are used <strong>in</strong> the figure and listed <strong>in</strong> table 4.2.52

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