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Wind Energy Science The interactive open-access journal of the European Academy of Wind Energy
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Editor-in-chief: Jakob Mann
Chief editors: Carlo L. Bottasso, Joachim Peinke & Gerard J.W. van Bussel

Wind Energy Science is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of studies that take an interdisciplinary perspective of fundamental or pioneering research in wind energy.

Recent articles
18 Dec 2018
Experimental validation of a ducted wind turbine design strategy
Benjamin Kanya and Kenneth D. Visser
Wind Energ. Sci., 3, 919-928, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-919-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-919-2018, 2018
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13 Dec 2018
Minute-Scale Wind Speed Forecasting Using Scanning Lidar Inflow Measurements
Elliot Simon, Michael Courtney, and Nikola Vasiljevic
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2018-71,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2018-71, 2018
Manuscript under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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03 Dec 2018
An active power control approach for wake-induced load alleviation in a fully developed wind farm boundary layer
Mehdi Vali, Vlaho Petrović, Gerald Steinfeld, Lucy Y. Pao, and Martin Kühn
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2018-70,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2018-70, 2018
Manuscript under review for WES (discussion: open, 1 comment)
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27 Nov 2018
Near-wake analysis of actuator line method immersed in turbulent flow using large-eddy simulations
Jörn Nathan, Christian Masson, and Louis Dufresne
Wind Energ. Sci., 3, 905-917, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-905-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-3-905-2018, 2018
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27 Nov 2018
Qualitative yaw stability analysis of free-yawing downwind turbines
Gesine Wanke, Morten H. Hansen, and Torben J. Larsen
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2018-69,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2018-69, 2018
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News
10 Dec 2018 Full-text html workflow comes along with mobile-optimized journal websites

Copernicus Publications recently launched its full-text HTML workflow and optimized the WES website for mobile devices. Thereby, the user experience is significantly enhanced when reading WES articles.

10 Dec 2018 Full-text html workflow comes along with mobile-optimized journal websites

Copernicus Publications recently launched its full-text HTML workflow and optimized the WES website for mobile devices. Thereby, the user experience is significantly enhanced when reading WES articles.

28 Nov 2018 Copernicus Publications signs institutional agreement with Helsinki University Library

To facilitate the publication procedure for authors from Helsinki University, Copernicus Publications and Helsinki University Library have signed an agreement on a central billing of article processing charges (APCs).

28 Nov 2018 Copernicus Publications signs institutional agreement with Helsinki University Library

To facilitate the publication procedure for authors from Helsinki University, Copernicus Publications and Helsinki University Library have signed an agreement on a central billing of article processing charges (APCs).

05 Nov 2018 Copernicus Publications signed Enabling FAIR Data Commitment Statement in the Earth, Space,
and Environmental Sciences and updated data policy and author guidelines

Data underpinning any research finding should be findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) - not only for humans, but also for machines. Therefore, Copernicus Publications requests that such data are available upon publication of an article.

05 Nov 2018 Copernicus Publications signed Enabling FAIR Data Commitment Statement in the Earth, Space,
and Environmental Sciences and updated data policy and author guidelines

Data underpinning any research finding should be findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) - not only for humans, but also for machines. Therefore, Copernicus Publications requests that such data are available upon publication of an article.

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