Glossary

DOE

The Department of Energy is the United States Agency ‘dedicated to advancing energy technology and promoting related innovation’.

input file

config file

TurbSim input/config files specify the input parameters which control TurbSim output. These files are the exclusive method for controlling output from O-TurbSim. PyTurbSim has implemented additional methods (described in the Usage section).

NREL

The National Renewable Energy Lab is a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) of the DOE.

NWTC

The National Wind Technology Center is a research center at NREL.

O-TurbSim

This refers to the original, Atmospheric version of TurbSim, developed at the NWTC.