A meshless method using global radial basis functions for creating 3-D wind fields from sparse meteorological data
Journal Title: Computer Assisted Methods in Engineering and Science - Year 2014, Vol 21, Issue 3
Abstract
An efficient, global meshless method has been developed for creating 3-D wind fields utilizing sparse meteorological tower data. Meshless methods do not require the need for a mesh in order to connect node points. In this study, node points are placed within the computational domain based on topological features. Wind speeds and directions are obtained from a set of instrumented meteorological towers. Inverse weighting is used to initially establish wind vectors at all nodal points. The Kansa technique, employing global basis functions, is then used to create a mass-consistent, 3-D wind field. The meshless method yields close approximations to results obtained with a high-order finite element technique. The method was implemented using MATLAB.
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Darrell W. Pepper, Cody Rasmussen, David Fyda
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