Adding custom data
Upload turbine specifications, on-site measurements and site geodata to a shared library, and use them in any simulation.
Whiffle Wind simulations contain standard turbine models and global geodata. Custom data lets a simulation use something more specific: e.g. a turbine that is not among the default models, geodata that is more accurate than the global datasets, or actual site measurements.
Three types of custom data can be uploaded:
Turbines describe the turbine specifications placed in the simulation.
Measurements describe the wind climate observed at the site.
Geodata describe the ground the flow moves over.
Turbines
The power and thrust curves of a turbine model.
A custom turbine can be selected for any position in a simulation, alongside the turbine models Whiffle Wind provides.
TurbinesMeasurements
A met mast time series of wind speed and wind direction.
Attaching measurements to a simulation calibrates the modelled wind resource grid towards the measured wind climate. Both the calibrated and the non-calibrated result are produced.
MeasurementsGeodata
Elevation and vegetation data for the site.
Custom geodata takes precedence over the global datasets pixel by pixel: it is used wherever it covers the simulated area, and the global dataset fills in the rest.
GeodataThe upload process
Every upload passes through the same steps.
📝 Draft. The entry is saved while its details are filled in, so the form can be left and returned to. A draft cannot be used in a simulation.
✅ Final. The entry becomes selectable in a simulation. Marking it final requires its details to be complete.
🔁 Correction. A final entry is corrected by uploading the data again as a new entry, which leaves the original untouched.
Marking an entry final is a deliberate step, because a final entry can no longer be edited. A simulation therefore always points at exactly the data it ran on, which keeps the result traceable.
Custom data is uploaded once and can be reused in any number of simulations.
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