Data Set and Helper Functions for Wind Farm Layout Optimization Problems

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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.