User Guide

This user guide covers the PyWAsP Python API, which wraps the underlying WAsP models.

• Terminology
• Wind Climates
  • Geospatial transforms for wind climates
  • Using wind climates as site objects in PyWake
• Topography
  • Preparing Input for Terrain Modeling
  • Best practices for working with roughness maps
  • Converting Raster Maps to Vector Maps
• WAsP Flow Model
  • WAsP flow effects and submodels
  • Terrain effects
  • Generalization
  • Downscaling
  • One-step extrapolation
  • WAsP Model Configuration
• LINCOM Model
• Calculate AEP
  • Gross AEP
  • Potential AEP
  • Wind farm flow map
  • Net AEP
  • Px yield
  • PyWake integration in PyWAsP
  • Using custom PyWake wind farm models
  • Calculating AEP including wake effects
• PyWAsP License and User Configuration
  • Configuration options
  • Configuration Hierarchy
  • Environment Variables
  • dotenv file
  • PyWAsP licensing
  • Use cloud licensing server
  • Use a local licensing server
  • Download global netCDF files
  • Download Options
  • Manually downloading pywasp data files
  • Configuration CLI
  • Configuration API
  • Setting up a new configuration interactively
  • Seeing your configuration file location and license details
  • Get remaining runs and days until expiration