Data Set and Helper Functions for Wind Farm Layout Optimization Problems

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Documentation for package ‘wflo’ version 1.8

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AcquireData Downloads the larger data set for entire Germany.
AirDensity Provides convenient computations for air density.
Area Computes the overlap area for the partial Jensen wake.
Cost Stub for a turbine's cost function.
e Environment for data and variables.
FarmData Data set for wind farm layout optimization.
FarmVars Variables object for wind farm specifications.
GaussWS Convenience function to look-up values from a object returned by GenerateGauss.
GenerateGauss For an incoming wind speed at reference height, this function computes a 3D tensor object containing Gaussian model based wind speeds.
Geo2Ari Converts degrees between the arithmetic system and the azimuth system (and vice versa).
GetAngle Returns the angle between two turbines.
GetArrow Simple helper function for 'PlotResult'.
GetDirInfo Returns average wind direction and direction standard deviation for a turbine's location.
GetFarmFromLonLat Accesses full FarmData set and returns a compatible list object for the requested location.
GK2Index Converts Gauss-Kruger coordinates to FarmData indices.
GK2LonLat Converts Gauss-Kruger coordinates to longitude/latitude coordinates.
Height Returns the elevation of a turbine's location.
ImposeVectorField Simple helper function for 'PlotResult'.
Index2GK Converts FarmData indices to Gauss-Kruger coordinates.
JensenAngle For a given distance 'x', computes the wake cone generated by a turbine.
JensenFactor For a given distance 'x', computes the penalty factor for a turbine's wake.
JensenTrapezoid Computes the four corner points of a Jensen trapezoid (or cone).
LonLat2GK Converts longitude/latitude coordinates to Gauss-Kruger coordinates.
MosettiTurbineCost Returns Mosetti's cost model for a number of turbines.
PairPenalty Returns the Jensen wake penalty factor for a pair of turbines.
PartialJensen Computes the partial Jensen wake effect.
PlotResult Visualizes the wind farm layout optimization result.
PointInPolygon Checks whether a point is inside a polygon.
Profit Computes the economic profit for a given wind farm layout configuration
ProfitContributors Computes profit contributions for all points in a setup solution.
QuickGauss3D For an incoming wind speed at reference height, this function computes a 3D Gaussian model based wind speed.
ShowWakePenalizers Visualizes the points causing/'suffering' from wake effects.
SwitchProfile Helper function for ex-post wind direction dependence analysis
ValidSetup Checks whether all turbine locations provided satisfy the minimum distance criterion.
wflo Data set and functions for wind farm layout optimization.
WindspeedHellmann Scales wind speeds to certain heights.
WindspeedLog Scales wind speeds to certain heights.
Yield Returns yearly yield for a turbine's location.