Brugger, Peter AndreasMarkfort, Corey DeanPorté-Agel, Fernando2024-06-242024-06-242024-06-24202410.1088/1742-6596/2767/9/092048https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/208858A new statistical wake meandering (SWM) model is proposed that improves on existing models in the literature. Compared to the existing SWM models, the proposed model has a closed description that does not require simulations to create look-up tables while maintaining applicability to a wide range of flow conditions. The proposed SWM model is compared to the predictions of the Dynamic Wake Meandering (DWM) model and to wind speed measurements from a scanning Doppler lidar mounted on the nacelle of a utility-scale wind turbine for validation. The results show that the proposed model has a similar performance as the DWM model for the effect of wake meandering on the mean velocity deficit and the turbulence intensity, while being significantly faster to compute.An improved statistical wake meandering modeltext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper