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**Overview** Sequence P: Wake Flow Visualization, Upwind (P) This test sequence used an upwind, rigid turbine with a 0° cone angle. The wind speed ranged from 5 m/s to 15 m/s. Yaw angles of 0° to –60° were achieved. The blade tip pitch was 3°. The rotor rotated at 72 RPM. ...

**Overview** Sequences 8 and 9: Downwind Sonics (F,P) and Downwind Sonics Parked (P) This test sequence used an upwind, rigid turbine with a 0° cone angle. The wind speed ranged from 5 m/s to 25 m/s. Yaw angles of 0° to 60° were achieved. The blade tip pitch was 3°. The roto...

**Overview** Sequences 8 and 9: Downwind Sonics (F,P) and Downwind Sonics Parked (P) This test sequence used an upwind, rigid turbine with a 0° cone angle. The wind speed ranged from 5 m/s to 25 m/s. Yaw angles of 0° to 60° were achieved. The blade tip pitch was 3°. The roto...

**Overview** Sequence 3: Tower Wake Measure (P) Sequence 3 used a downwind, rigid turbine with a 3.4° cone angle. The wind speeds for this sequence corresponded to subcritical [7 m/s], transitional [15 m/s], and supercritical [20 m/s] Reynolds number regimes for the circular cr...

**Overview** Sequence 4: Static Pressure Calibration (P) This test sequence used a downwind, teetered turbine with a 3.4° cone angle. The wind speed ranged from 5 m/s to 25 m/s. Yaw angles of 0° to 30° were achieved. The blade tip pitch was 3°. The rotor rotated at 72 RPM. B...

**Overview** Sequence 6: Shroud Wake Measure (P) This test sequence used a downwind, rigid turbine with a 3.4° cone angle. The wind speeds for this sequence corresponded to subcritical [7 m/s], transitional [15 m/s], and supercritical [20 m/s] Reynolds number regimes for the ci...

**Overview** Sequence 5: Sweep Wind Speed (F,P) This test sequence used an upwind, rigid turbine with a 0° cone angle. The wind speed was ramped from 5 m/s to 25 m/s by the wind tunnel operator. This was repeated with a decreasing ramp. The yaw angle was maintained at 0°. The ...

**Overview** Sequence 7: Shroud Operating (P) This test sequence used a downwind, rigid turbine with a 3.4° cone angle. The wind speed ranged from 5 m/s to 25 m/s. Turntable angles from 0° to 30° were achieved, but the yaw error angle was maintained at 0° by adjusting the na...

**Overview** The purpose of this work is to assess the sensitivity of the forecast for turbine height wind speed to initial condition (IC) uncertainties over the Columbia River Gorge and Columbia River Basin for two typical weather phenomena: a local thermal gradient induced by a...

**Overview** The purpose of this work is to assess the sensitivity of the forecast for turbine height wind speed to initial condition (IC) uncertainties over the Columbia River Gorge and Columbia River Basin for two typical weather phenomena: a local thermal gradient induced by a...

**Overview** The purpose of this work is to assess the sensitivity of the forecast for turbine height wind speed to initial condition (IC) uncertainties over the Columbia River Gorge and Columbia River Basin for two typical weather phenomena: a local thermal gradient induced by a...

**Overview** The purpose of this work is to assess the sensitivity of the forecast for turbine height wind speed to initial condition (IC) uncertainties over the Columbia River Gorge and Columbia River Basin for two typical weather phenomena: a local thermal gradient induced by a...

**Overview** Sequence M: Transition Fixed (P) Test sequence M used an upwind, rigid turbine with a 0° cone angle. The wind speed ranged from 5 m/s to 15 m/s. Yaw angles ranged from 0° to 90°. The blade tip pitch was 3°. The rotor rotated at 72 RPM. Blade pressure measurement...

**Overview** Sequence N: Sin AOA, Rotating (P) This sequence was designed to quantify the blade 3-D unsteady aerodynamic response in the presence of rotational influences by varying blade pitch angle. Test sequence N used an upwind, rigid turbine with a 0° cone angle. The wind ...

**Overview** Sequence Q: Dynamic Inflow (P) This sequence was designed to characterize the dynamic inflow variation using the five-hole probes that extend upwind of the leading edge of the blade. This test sequence used an upwind, rigid turbine with a 0° cone angle. The wind sp...

**Overview** Sequence K: Step AOA, Probes (P) This sequence was designed to quantify the 3-D blade static angle-of-attack response in the presence of rotational influences by varying the blade pitch angle. Sequence K used an upwind, rigid turbine with a 0° cone angle. The wind ...

**Overview** Sequence L: Step AOA, Parked (P) This sequence was designed to quantify the 3-D blade static angle-of-attack response in the absence of rotational influences by varying the blade pitch angle. This test sequence used an upwind, rigid turbine with a 0° cone angle. Wi...

**Overview** Sequence O: Sin AOA, Parked (P) This sequence was designed to quantify the blade 3-D unsteady aerodynamic response in the absence of rotational influences by varying blade pitch angle. This test sequence used an upwind, rigid turbine with a 0° cone angle. The wind ...

**Overview** Sequence E: Yaw Releases (P) This test sequence used a downwind, rigid turbine with a 3.4° cone angle. The wind speeds ranged from 7 m/s to 17 m/s. Initial yaw angles of ±90° were achieved. The blade tip pitch was 3°. The rotor rotated at 72 RPM. Blade and probe...

**Overview** Sequence R: Step AOA, No Probes (P) This sequence was designed to quantify the effect of the five-hole probes on the 3-D blade static angle-of-attack response in the presence of rotational influences by repeating Sequence K without five-hole probes. This test sequen...