R: Data Set and Helper Functions for Wind Farm Layout Optimization Problems

# Data Set and Helper Functions for Wind Farm Layout Optimization Problems

## Documentation for package ‘wflo’ version 1.9

- DESCRIPTION file
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## Help Pages

wflo-package | Data set and functions for wind farm layout optimization.
AcquireData | Downloads the larger data set for entire Germany.
AirDensity | Provides convenient computations for air density.
Area | Computes the overlap area for the partial Jensen wake.
Cost | Stub for a turbine's cost function.
e | Environment for data and variables.
FarmData | Data set for wind farm layout optimization.
FarmVars | Variables object for wind farm specifications.
GaussWS | Convenience function to look-up values from a object returned by GenerateGauss.
GenerateGauss | For an incoming wind speed at reference height, this function computes a 3D tensor object containing Gaussian model based wind speeds.
Geo2Ari | Converts degrees between the arithmetic system and the azimuth system (and vice versa).
GetAngle | Returns the angle between two turbines.
GetArrow | Simple helper function for 'PlotResult'.
GetDirInfo | Returns average wind direction and direction standard deviation for a turbine's location.
GetFarmFromLonLat | Accesses full FarmData set and returns a compatible list object for the requested location.
GK2Index | Converts Gauss-Kruger coordinates to FarmData indices.
GK2LonLat | Converts Gauss-Kruger coordinates to longitude/latitude coordinates.
Height | Returns the elevation of a turbine's location.
ImposeVectorField | Simple helper function for 'PlotResult'.
Index2GK | Converts FarmData indices to Gauss-Kruger coordinates.
JensenAngle | For a given distance 'x', computes the wake cone generated by a turbine.
JensenFactor | For a given distance 'x', computes the penalty factor for a turbine's wake.
JensenTrapezoid | Computes the four corner points of a Jensen trapezoid (or cone).
LonLat2GK | Converts longitude/latitude coordinates to Gauss-Kruger coordinates.
MosettiTurbineCost | Returns Mosetti's cost model for a number of turbines.
PairPenalty | Returns the Jensen wake penalty factor for a pair of turbines.
PartialJensen | Computes the partial Jensen wake effect.
PlotResult | Visualizes the wind farm layout optimization result.
PointInPolygon | Checks whether a point is inside a polygon.
Profit | Computes the economic profit for a given wind farm layout configuration
ProfitContributors | Computes profit contributions for all points in a setup solution.
QuickGauss3D | For an incoming wind speed at reference height, this function computes a 3D Gaussian model based wind speed.
ShowWakePenalizers | Visualizes the points causing/'suffering' from wake effects.
SwitchProfile | Helper function for ex-post wind direction dependence analysis
ValidSetup | Checks whether all turbine locations provided satisfy the minimum distance criterion.
wflo | Data set and functions for wind farm layout optimization.
WindspeedHellmann | Scales wind speeds to certain heights.
WindspeedLog | Scales wind speeds to certain heights.
Yield | Returns yearly yield for a turbine's location.