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 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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