GettingStartedwithWAsP9NielsG.Mortensen,DuncanN.Heathfield,LisbethMyllerup,LarsLandbergandOleRathmannRisø-I-2571(EN)RisøNationalLaboratoryTechnicalUniversityofDenmarkRoskilde,DenmarkJune2007Author:NielsG.Mortensen,DuncanN.Heathfield,LisbethMyllerup,LarsLandbergandOleRathmannTitle:GettingStartedwithWAsP9Department:WindEnergyRisø-I-2571(EN)June2007Contractno.:n/aGroupsownreg.no.:1130600-1Sponsorship:n/aCover:WindturbinesclosetoViscaria,Kiruna,Sweden.PhotobyGunnarBritse,:0References:0Abstract(max.2000char.):TheWindAtlasAnalysisandApplicationProgram(WAsP)isaPC-programforhorizontalandverticalextrapolationofwinddata.Theprogramcontainsacompletesetofmodelstocalculatetheeffectsonthewindofshelteringobstacles,surfaceroughnesschangesandterrainheightvariations.Theanalysispartconsistsofatransformationofanobservedwindclimate(speedanddirectiondistributions)toawindatlasdataset.Thewindatlasdatasetcansubsequentlybeappliedforestimationofthewindclimateandwindpowerpotential,aswellasforsitingofspecificwindturbines.TheWAsP9HelpFacilityincludesaQuickStartTutorial,aUser'sGuideandaTechnicalReference.ItfurtherincludesbriefdescriptionsofandlinkstotheObservedWindClimateWizard,theWAsPClimateAnalysttool,theWAsPMapEditortool,theWAsPTurbineEditortool,theAirDensityCalculatorandvariousscriptingtools.ThisreportconsistsofeditedexcerptsfromtheelectronicversionoftheWAsP9helpfacility:Mortensen,N.G.,D.N.Heathfield,L.Myllerup,L.LandbergandO.Rathmann(2007).WindAtlasAnalysisandApplicationProgram:WAsP9HelpFacility.RisøNationalLaboratory,TechnicalUniversityofDenmark,Roskilde,Denmark.353topics.ISBN978-87-550-3607-9.PrintedinDenmarkbySchultzGrafisk,2007InformationServiceDepartmentRisøNationalLaboratoryTechnicalUniversityofDenmarkP.O.Box49DK-4000RoskildeDenmarkTelephone+4546774004bibl@risoe.dkFax+4546774013