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FLOWSTAR

Advanced software for high resolution air flow over complex terrain

Model input data

FLOWSTAR example terrain data image
  • Digital terrain data (XYZ format).
  • Utility included to convert from standard OS NTF data.
  • Standard ADMS meteorological data (hourly sequential or statistical).
    Note: available from UK Met Office.

Model output data

Example FLOWSTAR output horizontal mean flow image
  • Gridded wind speed and turbulence data at user-specified heights, either on a grid or at particular locations within the domain.
  • Output given for each meteorological condition and/or averaged over all meteorological conditions
  • Utility included to produce contour and vector plots of gridded data in Surfer.