Software Overview
Continuum has 14 tabs where various models and calculations are conducted. The following gives an overview of each tab:
Input turbine sites
Input Topography data
Select Land Cover Key
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Met data QC
View met data at each height
View data from various met sites
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Six MERRA2 parameters to analyze
Download MERRA2 data to PC
Specify location and number of nodes
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Run MCP Uncertainty
MCP: Measure-Correlate-Predict
Select number of bins
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Met & Turb Summary
Met & Turb Summary
Met & Turb Summary by WD
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Gross Ests Energy
View gross wind speed estimates
Compare gross energy estimates
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Exceedance Monte Carlo
Exceedance curves
Exceedance curves add edit
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Create
Create Wake Model
View/export net energy estimates
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View inflow angle by WD
Site Conditions: 4 subsections
Three TI types calculated
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Check/uncheck years to show on plot
View and export time series estimate
View estimates for each wake model
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Generate WRG file
Create wind speed maps
View directional wind speed map
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View P90 and P99 energy estimates
Run Round Robin Analysis
Analyze Round Robin results
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Four site-calibrated models created
View site-calibrated model details
View model coefficients in each WD
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Estimate turbine sound levels
Define zones of interest
Calculate shadow flicker hours
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