Acoustic Tomography for Wind Energy
Principle Investigator developing sensing technology that reconstructs three-dimensional atmospheric wind and temperature fields from sound propagation
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AWAKEN: American WAKE experimeNt
Co-Investigator and Lead Coordinator for large-scale wind energy field campaign producing 200+ TB of benchmark data across 12+ institutions
FLOWMAS: Exascale Computing for Floating Offshore Wind
$19M DOE Office of Science project developing algorithms for coupled fluid-structure-mooring dynamics at exascale
Two of the five Energy Earthshots projects NREL is involved in consider wind technology. Photo by Brent Rice, NREL
RAAW: Rotor Aerodynamics, Aeroelastics, and Wake
Principal Investigator for $8M+ experiment investigating wind turbine wake physics through industry partnership with GE Vernova
Reduced-Order Modeling & Physics-Informed Machine Learning
Developing computationally efficient models of turbulent flows using modal decomposition, POD, and physics-informed machine learning
publications
Visualizing the effects due to a wind turbine in a stratified turbulent boundary layer
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2010
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Raul Bayoan, "Visualizing the effects due to a wind turbine in a stratified turbulent boundary layer." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2010.
Power measurements on a stratified 3$times$ 3 wind turbine array
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2011
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Recommended citation: Dominic Delucia, Nicholas Hamilton, Ra{\'u}l Bayo{\'a}n, "Power measurements on a stratified 3$times$ 3 wind turbine array." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2011.
Low dimensional model of energy reconstruction for inline and offset wind turbine arrays
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2012
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Murat Tutkun, Raul Cal, "Low dimensional model of energy reconstruction for inline and offset wind turbine arrays." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2012.
Statistical analysis of kinetic energy entrainment in a model wind turbine array boundary layer
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2012
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Recommended citation: Raul Cal, Nicholas Hamilton, Hyung-Suk Kang, Charles Meneveau, "Statistical analysis of kinetic energy entrainment in a model wind turbine array boundary layer." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2012.
Anisotropy tensor invariant assessment for counter-rotating wind turbine wakes
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2013
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Anisotropy tensor invariant assessment for counter-rotating wind turbine wakes." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2013.
Experimental study of turbine hub height variation on wind farms
Published in In: 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, 2013
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Recommended citation: Raul Cal, Matthew Melius, Nicholas Hamilton, Daniel Houck, "Experimental study of turbine hub height variation on wind farms." In: 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, 2013.
Influence of Spatial Variations on the Flow Field and Power Production of a Model Wind Farm
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2013
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Recommended citation: Angelisse Ramos, Nicholas Hamilton, Dominic DeLucia, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Influence of Spatial Variations on the Flow Field and Power Production of a Model Wind Farm." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2013.
Characteristic shapes of the normalized Reynolds stress anisotropy tensor in the wakes of wind turbines with counter-rotating rotors
Published in In: 17th international symposium on applications of laser techniques to fluid mechanics, 2014
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Recommended citation: NM Hamilton, RB Cal, "Characteristic shapes of the normalized Reynolds stress anisotropy tensor in the wakes of wind turbines with counter-rotating rotors." In: 17th international symposium on applications of laser techniques to fluid mechanics, 2014.
Characterization of Reynolds and deterministic stresses through phase-dependent measurements in the near wake of a wind turbine in an infinite turbine array
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2014
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Murat Tutkun, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Characterization of Reynolds and deterministic stresses through phase-dependent measurements in the near wake of a wind turbine in an infinite turbine array." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2014.
Development of a wind turbine wake in the infinite turbine array characterized via wall-normal-spanwise planes and cylindrical coordinates
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2014
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Recommended citation: Ra{\'u}l Cal, Nicholas Hamilton, "Development of a wind turbine wake in the infinite turbine array characterized via wall-normal-spanwise planes and cylindrical coordinates." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2014.
Spacing dependence on wind turbine array boundary layers
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2014
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Recommended citation: Raul Cal, Angelisse Ramos, Nicholas Hamilton, Dan Houck, "Spacing dependence on wind turbine array boundary layers." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2014.
Statistical development of wind turbine wakes for the fully developed wind turbine array boundary layer characterized via wall-normal-spanwise planes
Published in In: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 2014
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Recommended citation: NM Hamilton, RB Cal, "Statistical development of wind turbine wakes for the fully developed wind turbine array boundary layer characterized via wall-normal-spanwise planes." In: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 2014.
Wake interaction and power production of variable height model wind farms
Published in In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2014
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Recommended citation: Malene Vested, N Hamilton, Jens S{\o}rensen, Raul Cal, "Wake interaction and power production of variable height model wind farms." In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2014.
Anisotropy of the Reynolds stress tensor in the wakes of wind turbine arrays in Cartesian arrangements with counter-rotating rotors
Published in Physics of Fluids, 2015
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Anisotropy of the Reynolds stress tensor in the wakes of wind turbine arrays in Cartesian arrangements with counter-rotating rotors." Physics of Fluids, 2015.
Low-order representations of a wind turbine array boundary layer via double POD
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2015
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Murat Tutkun, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Low-order representations of a wind turbine array boundary layer via double POD." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2015.
Wind turbine boundary layer arrays for Cartesian and staggered configurations-Part I, flow field and power measurements
Published in Wind Energy, 2015
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Matthew Melius, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Wind turbine boundary layer arrays for Cartesian and staggered configurations-Part I, flow field and power measurements." Wind Energy, 2015.
Anisotropic character of low-order turbulent flow descriptions with the proper orthogonal decomposition
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2016
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Murat Tutkun, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Anisotropic character of low-order turbulent flow descriptions with the proper orthogonal decomposition." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2016.
Anisotropy stress invariants of a large eddy simulation during a diurnal cycle for very large wind farms
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2016
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Recommended citation: Ra{\'u}l Cal, Naseem Ali, Nicholas Hamilton, Gerard Cortina, Marc Calaf, "Anisotropy stress invariants of a large eddy simulation during a diurnal cycle for very large wind farms." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2016.
Assessing Spacing Impact on the Wind Turbine Array Boundary Layer via Proper Orthogonal Decomposition
Published in Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2016
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Recommended citation: Naseem Ali, Nicholas Hamilton, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Assessing Spacing Impact on the Wind Turbine Array Boundary Layer via Proper Orthogonal Decomposition." Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2016.
Low-order representations of the canonical wind turbine array boundary layer via double proper orthogonal decomposition
Published in Physics of Fluids, 2016
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Murat Tutkun, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Low-order representations of the canonical wind turbine array boundary layer via double proper orthogonal decomposition." Physics of Fluids, 2016.
Proper orthogonal decomposition of a large eddy simulation during a diurnal cycle for very large wind farms
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2016
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Recommended citation: Naseem Ali, Gerard Cortina, Nicholas Hamilton, Marc Calaf, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Proper orthogonal decomposition of a large eddy simulation during a diurnal cycle for very large wind farms." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2016.
Anisotropic character of low-order turbulent flow descriptions through the proper orthogonal decomposition
Published in Physical Review Fluids, 2017
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Murat Tutkun, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Anisotropic character of low-order turbulent flow descriptions through the proper orthogonal decomposition." Physical Review Fluids, 2017.
Low-order dynamical system model of a fully developed turbulent channel flow
Published in Physics of Fluids, 2017
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Murat Tutkun, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Low-order dynamical system model of a fully developed turbulent channel flow." Physics of Fluids, 2017.
Towards a Wind Turbine Wake Reduced-Order Model
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2017
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Bianca Viggiano, Marc Calaf, Murat Tutkun, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Towards a Wind Turbine Wake Reduced-Order Model." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2017.
Turbulence characteristics of a thermally stratified wind turbine array boundary layer via proper orthogonal decomposition
Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017
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Recommended citation: N Ali, G Cortina, N Hamilton, M Calaf, RB Cal, "Turbulence characteristics of a thermally stratified wind turbine array boundary layer via proper orthogonal decomposition." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017.
Turbulent and Deterministic Stresses in the Near Wake of a Wind Turbine Array
Published in In: Whither Turbulence and Big Data in the 21st Century?, 2017
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Murat Tutkun, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Turbulent and Deterministic Stresses in the Near Wake of a Wind Turbine Array." In: Whither Turbulence and Big Data in the 21st Century?, 2017.
A generalized framework for reduced-order modeling of a wind turbine wake
Published in Wind Energy, 2018
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Bianca Viggiano, Marc Calaf, Murat Tutkun, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "A generalized framework for reduced-order modeling of a wind turbine wake." Wind Energy, 2018.
Acoustic tomography of turbulent flows near wind turbines
Published in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2018
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, James Hansen, Julie Lundquist, Patrick Moriarty, Vladimir Ostashev, "Acoustic tomography of turbulent flows near wind turbines." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2018.
Anisotropy stress invariants of thermally stratified wind turbine array boundary layers using large eddy simulations
Published in Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2018
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Recommended citation: Naseem Ali, Nicholas Hamilton, Gerard Cortina, Marc Calaf, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Anisotropy stress invariants of thermally stratified wind turbine array boundary layers using large eddy simulations." Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2018.
Assessing spacing impact on coherent features in a wind turbine array boundary layer
Published in Wind Energy Science, 2018
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Recommended citation: Naseem Ali, Nicholas Hamilton, Dominic DeLucia, Ra{\'u}l Bayo{\'a}n, "Assessing spacing impact on coherent features in a wind turbine array boundary layer." Wind Energy Science, 2018.
Computer Aided Image Segmentation and Classification of the Reynolds Stress Anisotropy Tensor
Published in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2018
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Recommended citation: Naseem Ali, Nicholas Hamilton, Marc Calaf, Rau'l Cal, "Computer Aided Image Segmentation and Classification of the Reynolds Stress Anisotropy Tensor." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2018.
Development of coherent structures in complex terrain
Published in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2018
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Recommended citation: Mithu Debnath, Nicholas Hamilton, Patrick Moriarty, "Development of coherent structures in complex terrain." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2018.
Validation of fast. farm against large-eddy simulations
Published in In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2018
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Recommended citation: Jason Jonkman, Paula Doubrawa, Nicholas Hamilton, Jennifer Annoni, Paul Fleming, "Validation of fast. farm against large-eddy simulations." In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2018.
Classification of the Reynolds stress anisotropy tensor in very large thermally stratified wind farms using colormap image segmentation
Published in Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2019
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Recommended citation: Naseem Ali, Nicholas Hamilton, Marc Calaf, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Classification of the Reynolds stress anisotropy tensor in very large thermally stratified wind farms using colormap image segmentation." Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2019.
Effects of inflow spatiotemporal discretization on wake meandering and turbine structural response using FAST. Farm
Published in In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2019
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Recommended citation: K Shaler, J Jonkman, N Hamilton, "Effects of inflow spatiotemporal discretization on wake meandering and turbine structural response using FAST. Farm." In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2019.
Identification of Dynamic Atmospheric Conditions via Total Variation
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2019
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, "Identification of Dynamic Atmospheric Conditions via Total Variation." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2019.
Total variation of atmospheric data: covariance minimization about objective functions to detect conditions of interest
Published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2019
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, "Total variation of atmospheric data: covariance minimization about objective functions to detect conditions of interest." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2019.
Turbulence kinetic energy budget and conditional sampling of momentum, scalar, and intermittency fluxes in thermally stratified wind farms
Published in Journal of Turbulence, 2019
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Recommended citation: Naseem Ali, Nicholas Hamilton, Marc Calaf, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Turbulence kinetic energy budget and conditional sampling of momentum, scalar, and intermittency fluxes in thermally stratified wind farms." Journal of Turbulence, 2019.
Validation of Wind Power Plant Modeling Approaches in Complex Terrain
Published in In: AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, 2019
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Recommended citation: Eliot Quon, Paula Doubrawa, Jennifer Annoni, Nicholas Hamilton, Matthew Churchfield, "Validation of Wind Power Plant Modeling Approaches in Complex Terrain." In: AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, 2019.
A new analytical wavelet-Gaussian wake model
Published in In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2020
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Recommended citation: Zein Sadek, Raul Cal, Nicholas Hamilton, "A new analytical wavelet-Gaussian wake model." In: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2020.
Atmospheric condition identification in multivariate data through a metric for total variation
Published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2020
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, "Atmospheric condition identification in multivariate data through a metric for total variation." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2020.
Comparison of modular analytical wake models to the Lillgrund wind plant
Published in Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2020
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Christopher Bay, Paul Fleming, Jennifer King, Luis Mart{\'\i}nez-Tossas, "Comparison of modular analytical wake models to the Lillgrund wind plant." Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2020.
Design and analysis of a spatially heterogeneous wake
Published in Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2020
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Recommended citation: Alayna Farrell, Jennifer King, Caroline Draxl, Rafael Mudafort, Nicholas Hamilton, Christopher Bay, Paul Fleming, Eric Simley, "Design and analysis of a spatially heterogeneous wake." Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2020.
Highlighting the impact of yaw control by parsing atmospheric conditions based on total variation
Published in In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, "Highlighting the impact of yaw control by parsing atmospheric conditions based on total variation." In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020.
Longitudinal coherence and short-term wind speed prediction based on a nacelle-mounted Doppler lidar
Published in In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020
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Recommended citation: Mithu Debnath, P Brugger, Eric Simley, Paula Doubrawa, Nicholas Hamilton, Andrew Scholbrock, David Jager, Mark Murphy, Jason Roadman, Julie Lundquist, others, "Longitudinal coherence and short-term wind speed prediction based on a nacelle-mounted Doppler lidar." In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020.
Modelling and assessing the near-wake representation and turbulence behaviour of control-oriented wake models
Published in In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020
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Recommended citation: Paul Hulsman, Luis Mart{\'\i}nez-Tossas, Nicholas Hamilton, Martin K{\"u}hn, "Modelling and assessing the near-wake representation and turbulence behaviour of control-oriented wake models." In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020.
Multimodel validation of single wakes in neutral and stratified atmospheric conditions
Published in Wind Energy, 2020
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Recommended citation: Paula Doubrawa, Eliot Quon, Luis Martinez-Tossas, Kelsey Shaler, Mithu Debnath, Nicholas Hamilton, Thomas Herges, Dave Maniaci, Christopher Kelley, Alan Hsieh, others, "Multimodel validation of single wakes in neutral and stratified atmospheric conditions." Wind Energy, 2020.
Overview of FLORIS updates
Published in In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020
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Recommended citation: Paul Fleming, Jennifer King, Christopher Bay, Eric Simley, Rafael Mudafort, Nicholas Hamilton, Alayna Farrell, Luis Martinez-Tossas, "Overview of FLORIS updates." In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020.
The curled wake model: A three-dimensional and extremely fast steady-state wake solver for wind plant flows
Published in Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2020
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Recommended citation: Luis Mart{\'\i}nez-Tossas, Jennifer King, Eliot Quon, Christopher Bay, Rafael Mudafort, Nicholas Hamilton, Paul Fleming, "The curled wake model: A three-dimensional and extremely fast steady-state wake solver for wind plant flows." Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2020.
A Modal Description of Dynamic Wake Meandering
Published in In the proceedings of APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2021
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Paula Doubrawa, Mithu Debnath, Peter Brugger, Fernando Port{\'e}-Agel, "A Modal Description of Dynamic Wake Meandering." In the proceedings of APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2021.
Design and analysis of a wake model for spatially heterogeneous flow
Published in Wind Energy Science, 2021
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Recommended citation: Alayna Farrell, Jennifer King, Caroline Draxl, Rafael Mudafort, Nicholas Hamilton, Christopher Bay, Paul Fleming, Eric Simley, "Design and analysis of a wake model for spatially heterogeneous flow." Wind Energy Science, 2021.
Downstream Evolution of Eddy Viscosity in the Wake of a Wind Turbine
Published in In the proceedings of APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2021
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Recommended citation: Ryan Scott, Luis Martinez-Tossas, Nicholas Hamilton, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Downstream Evolution of Eddy Viscosity in the Wake of a Wind Turbine." In the proceedings of APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2021.
Mass Consistent, Analytical Near Wake Models for Wind Turbines
Published in In the proceedings of APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2021
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Recommended citation: Zein Sadek, Ra{\'u}l Cal, Nicholas Hamilton, "Mass Consistent, Analytical Near Wake Models for Wind Turbines." In the proceedings of APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2021.
The curled wake model: a three-dimensional and extremely fast steady-state wake solver for wind plant flows
Published in Wind Energy Science, 2021
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Recommended citation: Luis Mart{\'\i}nez-Tossas, Jennifer King, Eliot Quon, Christopher Bay, Rafael Mudafort, Nicholas Hamilton, Michael Howland, Paul Fleming, "The curled wake model: a three-dimensional and extremely fast steady-state wake solver for wind plant flows." Wind Energy Science, 2021.
Characterizing Spatially Heterogeneous Wind Turbine Wakes Under Yaw and Tilt Misalignment
Published in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2022
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Recommended citation: Ryan Scott, Nicholas Hamilton, Raul Cal, "Characterizing Spatially Heterogeneous Wind Turbine Wakes Under Yaw and Tilt Misalignment." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2022.
Design of the American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN) field campaign
Published in In the proceedings of Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2022
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Recommended citation: Mithu Debnath, Andy Scholbrock, Daniel Zalkind, Patrick Moriarty, Eric Simley, Nicholas Hamilton, Chris Ivanov, Robert Arthur, Rebecca Barthelmie, Nicola Bodini, others, "Design of the American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN) field campaign." In the proceedings of Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2022.
Evolution of Eddy Viscosity in the Wake of a Wind Turbine
Published in Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2022
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Recommended citation: Ryan Scott, Luis Mart{\'\i}nez-Tossas, Nicholas Hamilton, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Evolution of Eddy Viscosity in the Wake of a Wind Turbine." Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2022.
Rotor Aerodynamics, Aeroelastics, and Wake (RAAW) Campaign Overview
Published in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2022
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Paula Doubrawa, Jonathan Naughton, Christopher Kelley, "Rotor Aerodynamics, Aeroelastics, and Wake (RAAW) Campaign Overview." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2022.
Wind plant controls
Published in Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2022
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Dennice Gayme, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Wind plant controls." Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2022.
Wind tunnel research, dynamics, and scaling for wind energy
Published in Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2022
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Recommended citation: Majid Bastankhah, Nicholas Hamilton, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Wind tunnel research, dynamics, and scaling for wind energy." Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2022.
A baseline for ensemble-based, time-resolved inflow reconstruction for a single turbine using large-eddy simulations and latent diffusion models
Published in In the proceedings of Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2023
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Recommended citation: A Rybchuk, LA Mart{\'\i}nez-Tossas, N Hamilton, P Doubrawa, G Vijayakumar, M Hassanaly, MB Kuhn, DS Zalkind, "A baseline for ensemble-based, time-resolved inflow reconstruction for a single turbine using large-eddy simulations and latent diffusion models." In the proceedings of Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2023.
A three-dimensional, analytical wind turbine wake model: Flow acceleration, empirical correlations, and continuity
Published in Renewable Energy, 2023
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Recommended citation: Zein Sadek, Ryan Scott, Nicholas Hamilton, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "A three-dimensional, analytical wind turbine wake model: Flow acceleration, empirical correlations, and continuity." Renewable Energy, 2023.
Acoustic Travel-Time Tomography for Wind Energy
Published in In the proceedings of 103rd AMS Annual Meeting, 2023
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Recommended citation: Emina Maric, Nicholas Hamilton, "Acoustic Travel-Time Tomography for Wind Energy." In the proceedings of 103rd AMS Annual Meeting, 2023.
Characterization of wind turbine flow through nacelle-mounted lidars: a review
Published in Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 2023
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Recommended citation: Stefano Letizia, Peter Brugger, Nicola Bodini, Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Andrew Scholbrock, Eric Simley, Fernando Port{\'e}-Agel, Nicholas Hamilton, Paula Doubrawa, Patrick Moriarty, "Characterization of wind turbine flow through nacelle-mounted lidars: a review." Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 2023.
Ensemble flow reconstruction in the atmospheric boundary layer from spatially limited measurements through latent diffusion models
Published in Physics of Fluids, 2023
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Recommended citation: Alex Rybchuk, Malik Hassanaly, Nicholas Hamilton, Paula Doubrawa, Mitchell Fulton, Luis Mart{\'\i}nez-Tossas, "Ensemble flow reconstruction in the atmospheric boundary layer from spatially limited measurements through latent diffusion models." Physics of Fluids, 2023.
Evolution of Eddy Viscosity in the wake of a wind turbine
Published in Wind Energy Science, 2023
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Recommended citation: Ryan Scott, Luis Mart{\'i}nez-Tossas, Juliaan Bossuyt, Nicholas Hamilton, Raul Cal, "Evolution of Eddy Viscosity in the wake of a wind turbine." Wind Energy Science, 2023.
Generating Initial Conditions for Ensemble Data Assimilation of Large-Eddy Simulations with Latent Diffusion Models
Published in arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.00836, 2023
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Recommended citation: Alex Rybchuk, Malik Hassanaly, Nicholas Hamilton, Paula Doubrawa, Mitchell Fulton, Luis Mart{\'\i}nez-Tossas, "Generating Initial Conditions for Ensemble Data Assimilation of Large-Eddy Simulations with Latent Diffusion Models." arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.00836, 2023.
Holistic Scan Optimization of Nacelle-Mounted Lidars for the Rotor Aerodynamics Aeroelastics and Wake (RAAW) Experiment
Published in In the proceedings of 103rd AMS Annual Meeting, 2023
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Recommended citation: Stefano Letizia, Nicola Bodini, Andrew Scholbrock, Nicholas Hamilton, Paula Doubrawa, "Holistic Scan Optimization of Nacelle-Mounted Lidars for the Rotor Aerodynamics Aeroelastics and Wake (RAAW) Experiment." In the proceedings of 103rd AMS Annual Meeting, 2023.
Implementation of a Near-Wake Region within the Curled-Wake Model
Published in Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2023
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Recommended citation: Paul Hulsman, Luis Mart{\'\i}nez-Tossas, Nicholas Hamilton, Martin K{\"u}hn, "Implementation of a Near-Wake Region within the Curled-Wake Model." Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2023.
Investigation of wind plant wake effects at the AWAKEN field campaign
Published in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2023
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Recommended citation: Aliza Abraham, Stefano Letizia, Nicola Bodini, Nicholas Hamilton, "Investigation of wind plant wake effects at the AWAKEN field campaign." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2023.
Investigations of Farm-to-Farm Interactions and Blockage Effects from AWAKEN Using Large-Scale Numerical Simulations
Published in In the proceedings of Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2023
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Recommended citation: Lawrence Cheung, Alan Hsieh, Myra Blaylock, Thomas Herges, Nathaniel deVelder, Kenneth Brown, Philip Sakievich, Daniel Houck, David Maniaci, Collen Kaul, others, "Investigations of Farm-to-Farm Interactions and Blockage Effects from AWAKEN Using Large-Scale Numerical Simulations." In the proceedings of Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2023.
Overview of the American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN)
Published in In the proceedings of 103rd AMS Annual Meeting, 2023
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Recommended citation: Patrick Moriarty, Nicola Bodini, Nicholas Hamilton, Tommy Herges, Giacomo Iungo, Hristo Ivanov, Colleen Kaul, Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Stefano Letizia, Julie Lundquist, others, "Overview of the American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN)." In the proceedings of 103rd AMS Annual Meeting, 2023.
RAAW
Published in Technical Report, A2EDAP (Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific~…, 2023
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Recommended citation: Paula Doubrawa, Christopher Kelley, Jonathan Naughton, Nicholas Hamilton, Hristo Ivanov, Stefano Letizia, Emina Maric, Andrew Scholbrock, Ken Brown, Thomas Herges, others, "RAAW." Technical Report, A2EDAP (Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific~…, 2023.
Reconstructing Atmospheric Initial Conditions from Synthetic Field Measurements for Turbine Model Validation through Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models
Published in In the proceedings of 103rd AMS Annual Meeting, 2023
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Recommended citation: Alex Rybchuk, Malik Hassanaly, Luis Mart{\'\i}nez-Tossas, Nicholas Hamilton, Mitchell Fulton, Paula Doubrawa, "Reconstructing Atmospheric Initial Conditions from Synthetic Field Measurements for Turbine Model Validation through Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models." In the proceedings of 103rd AMS Annual Meeting, 2023.
Three-Dimensional Acoustic Travel-Time Tomography for Wind Energy
Published in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2023
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Recommended citation: Emina Maric, Nicholas Hamilton, "Three-Dimensional Acoustic Travel-Time Tomography for Wind Energy." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2023.
An international benchmark for wind plant wakes from the American WAKE ExperimeNt (AWAKEN)
Published in In the proceedings of Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2024
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Recommended citation: Nicola Bodini, Aliza Abraham, Paula Doubrawa, Stefano Letizia, Regis Thedin, Nathan Agarwal, B Carmo, L Cheung, W Rad{\"u}nz, Anurag Gupta, others, "An international benchmark for wind plant wakes from the American WAKE ExperimeNt (AWAKEN)." In the proceedings of Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2024.
Bridging Real-World Lidar Measurements and Large-Eddy Simulation for Wind Turbine Validation Through Diffusion Models
Published in In the proceedings of 104th Annual AMS Meeting 2024, 2024
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Recommended citation: Alex Rybchuk, Paula Doubrawa, Stefano Letizia, Nicholas Hamilton, Andrew Scholbrock, Emina Maric, Luis Mart{\'\i}nez-Tossas, "Bridging Real-World Lidar Measurements and Large-Eddy Simulation for Wind Turbine Validation Through Diffusion Models." In the proceedings of 104th Annual AMS Meeting 2024, 2024.
FIEXTA (FIeld EXperiments Tool Arsenal)[SWR-24-129]
Published in US Department of Energy (DOE) Software, 2024
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Recommended citation: Stefano Letizia, Regis Santos, Nicholas Hamilton, "FIEXTA (FIeld EXperiments Tool Arsenal)[SWR-24-129]." US Department of Energy (DOE) Software, 2024.
Graph network heterogeneity predicts interplant wake losses
Published in Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2024
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Recommended citation: Ryan Scott, Nicholas Hamilton, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Graph network heterogeneity predicts interplant wake losses." Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2024.
High-Fidelity Remote Sensing: Optimizing Acoustic Tomography for Wind Turbine Wake Measurements
Published in In the proceedings of APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2024
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Emina Maric, Regis Thedin, Bumseok Lee, "High-Fidelity Remote Sensing: Optimizing Acoustic Tomography for Wind Turbine Wake Measurements." In the proceedings of APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2024.
Implementing conservation of mass to wind flow field solvers to bridge the analytical wake model physics gap
Published in In the proceedings of APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2024
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Recommended citation: Zane Frey, Marc Calaf, Nicholas Hamilton, "Implementing conservation of mass to wind flow field solvers to bridge the analytical wake model physics gap." In the proceedings of APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 2024.
Land-based wind plant wake characterization using dual-Doppler radar measurements at AWAKEN
Published in In the proceedings of Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2024
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Recommended citation: Aliza Abraham, Nicholas Hamilton, Nicola Bodini, Brian Hirth, John Schroeder, Stefano Letizia, Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Rob Newsom, Patrick Moriarty, "Land-based wind plant wake characterization using dual-Doppler radar measurements at AWAKEN." In the proceedings of Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2024.
Observations of wind farm wake recovery at an operating wind farm
Published in Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2024
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Recommended citation: Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Rob Newsom, Colleen Kaul, Stefano Letizia, Mikhail Pekour, Nicholas Hamilton, Duli Chand, Donna Flynn, Nicola Bodini, Patrick Moriarty, "Observations of wind farm wake recovery at an operating wind farm." Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2024.
One-to-one aeroservoelastic validation of operational loads and performance of a 2.8 MW wind turbine model in OpenFAST
Published in Wind Energy Science, 2024
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Recommended citation: Kenneth Brown, Pietro Bortolotti, Emmanuel Branlard, Mayank Chetan, Scott Dana, Nathaniel deVelder, Paula Doubrawa, Nicholas Hamilton, Hristo Ivanov, Jason Jonkman, others, "One-to-one aeroservoelastic validation of operational loads and performance of a 2.8 MW wind turbine model in OpenFAST." Wind Energy Science, 2024.
Operational wind plants increase planetary boundary layer height: An observational study
Published in Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2024
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Recommended citation: Aliza Abraham, Matteo Puccioni, Arianna Jordan, Emina Maric, Nicola Bodini, Nicholas Hamilton, Stefano Letizia, Petra Klein, Elizabeth Smith, Sonia Wharton, others, "Operational wind plants increase planetary boundary layer height: An observational study." Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2024.
Overview of preparation for the American WAKE ExperimeNt (AWAKEN)
Published in Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2024
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Recommended citation: Patrick Moriarty, Nicola Bodini, Stefano Letizia, Aliza Abraham, Tyler Ashley, Konrad B{\"a}rfuss, Rebecca Barthelmie, Alan Brewer, Peter Brugger, Thomas Feuerle, others, "Overview of preparation for the American WAKE ExperimeNt (AWAKEN)." Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2024.
The American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN): leveraging observations to create international benchmarks
Published in In the proceedings of 104th Annual AMS Meeting 2024, 2024
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Recommended citation: Nicola Bodini, Patrick Moriarty, Stefano Letizia, Aliza Abraham, Nicholas Hamilton, Ryan Scott, Abhineet Gupta, Paula Doubrawa, Julie Lundquist, Brian Hirth, others, "The American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN): leveraging observations to create international benchmarks." In the proceedings of 104th Annual AMS Meeting 2024, 2024.
Validation of the stochastic inversion algorithm for acoustic travel-time tomography: a large eddy simulation study
Published in In the proceedings of Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2024
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Recommended citation: Emina Maric, Nicholas Hamilton, Eliot Quon, Bumseok Lee, Regis Thedin, "Validation of the stochastic inversion algorithm for acoustic travel-time tomography: a large eddy simulation study." In the proceedings of Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2024.
Wind Plant Impacts on Planetary Boundary Layer Height
Published in In the proceedings of 104th Annual AMS Meeting 2024, 2024
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Recommended citation: Aliza Abraham, Emina Maric, Matteo Puccioni, Arianna Jordan, Stefano Letizia, Nicola Bodini, Nicholas Hamilton, Sonia Wharton, Petra Klein, Elizabeth Smith, others, "Wind Plant Impacts on Planetary Boundary Layer Height." In the proceedings of 104th Annual AMS Meeting 2024, 2024.
Wind plant wake losses: Disconnect between turbine actuation and control of plant wakes with engineering wake models
Published in Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2024
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Recommended citation: Ryan Scott, Nicholas Hamilton, Ra{\'u}l Cal, Patrick Moriarty, "Wind plant wake losses: Disconnect between turbine actuation and control of plant wakes with engineering wake models." Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2024.
A perspective on lessons learned and future needs for wind energy field campaigns
Published in Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2025
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Recommended citation: Nicola Bodini, Patrick Moriarty, Stefano Letizia, Jakub Mann, Sonia Wharton, Georgios Deskos, Paula Doubrawa, J Fast, Nicholas Hamilton, Tommy Herges, others, "A perspective on lessons learned and future needs for wind energy field campaigns." Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2025.
Acoustic Tomography of the Atmosphere: A Large-Eddy Simulation Sensitivity Study
Published in Remote Sensing, 2025
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Recommended citation: Emina Maric, Bumseok Lee, Regis Thedin, Eliot Quon, Nicholas Hamilton, "Acoustic Tomography of the Atmosphere: A Large-Eddy Simulation Sensitivity Study." Remote Sensing, 2025.
Editorial for the collection “Preparatory Work for the American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN)”
Published in Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2025
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Giacomo Iungo, Julie Lundquist, Patrick Moriarty, "Editorial for the collection “Preparatory Work for the American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN)”." Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2025.
Ensemble-Based, Large-Eddy Reconstruction of Wind Turbine Inflow in a Near-Stationary Atmospheric Boundary Layer Through Generative Artificial Intelligence
Published in Wind Energy, 2025
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Recommended citation: Alex Rybchuk, Luis Mart{\'\i}nez-Tossas, Stefano Letizia, Nicholas Hamilton, Andy Scholbrock, Emina Maric, Daniel Houck, Thomas Herges, Nathaniel Velder, Paula Doubrawa, "Ensemble-Based, Large-Eddy Reconstruction of Wind Turbine Inflow in a Near-Stationary Atmospheric Boundary Layer Through Generative Artificial Intelligence." Wind Energy, 2025.
Hybrid renewable energy systems
Published in Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2025
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Christopher Bay, Jie Zhang, "Hybrid renewable energy systems." Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2025.
Influence of simple terrain on the spatial variability of a low-level jet and wind farm performance in the awaken field campaign
Published in Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2025
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Recommended citation: William Rad{\"u}nz, Bruno Carmo, Julie Lundquist, Stefano Letizia, Aliza Abraham, Adam Wise, Miguel Sanchez, Nicholas Hamilton, Raj Rai, Pedro Peixoto, "Influence of simple terrain on the spatial variability of a low-level jet and wind farm performance in the awaken field campaign." Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2025.
Modal dynamics of wind turbine wake meandering from lidar observations
Published in Renewable Energy, 2025
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Paula Doubrawa, Patrick Moriarty, Stefano Letizia, Regis Thedin, "Modal dynamics of wind turbine wake meandering from lidar observations." Renewable Energy, 2025.
Operational wind plants increase planetary boundary layer height: an observational study
Published in Wind Energy Science, 2025
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Recommended citation: Aliza Abraham, Matteo Puccioni, Arianna Jordan, Emina Maric, Nicola Bodini, Nicholas Hamilton, Stefano Letizia, Petra Klein, Elizabeth Smith, Sonia Wharton, others, "Operational wind plants increase planetary boundary layer height: an observational study." Wind Energy Science, 2025.
Spectral proper orthogonal decomposition of active wake mixing dynamics in a stable atmospheric boundary layer
Published in Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2025
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Recommended citation: Gopal Yalla, Kenneth Brown, Lawrence Cheung, Dan Houck, Nathaniel deVelder, Nicholas Hamilton, "Spectral proper orthogonal decomposition of active wake mixing dynamics in a stable atmospheric boundary layer." Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2025.
Upwind vs downwind: Loads and acoustics of a 1.5 MW wind turbine
Published in Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2025
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Recommended citation: Pietro Bortolotti, Lee Fingersh, Nicholas Hamilton, Arlinda Huskey, Chris Ivanov, Mark Iverson, Jonathan Keller, Scott Lambert, Jason Roadman, Derek Slaughter, others, "Upwind vs downwind: Loads and acoustics of a 1.5 MW wind turbine." Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2025.
Wake-resolving acoustic tomography: advances through numerical covariance methods
Published in Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2025
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Recommended citation: Nicholas Hamilton, Shreyas Bidadi, "Wake-resolving acoustic tomography: advances through numerical covariance methods." Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2025.
Wind Turbine Wake Recovery for a Downwind Configuration
Published in In the proceedings of Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting 2025, 2025
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Recommended citation: Taiga Drucker-Boisvert, Zein Sadek, Ondrej Fercak, Nicholas Hamilton, Ra{\'u}l Cal, "Wind Turbine Wake Recovery for a Downwind Configuration." In the proceedings of Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting 2025, 2025.
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