TY - JFULL AU - Mohammadamin Zanganeh and Vahid Khalajzadeh PY - 2011/9/ TI - Validation of the WAsP Model for a Terrain Surrounded by Mountainous Region T2 - International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering SP - 440 EP - 445 VL - 5 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/12689 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 56, 2011 N2 - The problems associated with wind predictions of WAsP model in complex terrain are already the target of several studies in the last decade. In this paper, the influence of surrounding orography on accuracy of wind data analysis of a train is investigated. For the case study, a site with complex surrounding orography is considered. This site is located in Manjil, one of the windiest cities of Iran. For having precise evaluation of wind regime in the site, one-year wind data measurements from two metrological masts are used. To validate the obtained results from WAsP, the cross prediction between each mast is performed. The analysis reveals that WAsP model can estimate the wind speed behavior accurately. In addition, results show that this software can be used for predicting the wind regime in flat sites with complex surrounding orography. ER -