Running WindSE

To run WindSE, first create a parameters file (as described in :doc:’params’ and demonstrated in :doc:’demo’). Then activate the conda environment using:

source activate <enviroment_name>

where the <enviroment_name> is what was defined in the install process then run:

windse run <params file>

Where, <params files> is the path of the parameters file you wish to run. By default windse searches for “params.txt” in the current directory if no file is supplied.

Sit back and let the magic happen. Additionally, you can run:

windse run <params file> -p group:option:value

where group:option:value is a single unbroken string and the group is the group in the params file, the option is the specific option in that group and the value is the new value. This allows for overriding parameters in the yaml file via the terminal. For example: wind_farm:HH:140 will change the hub height of all turbines in a “grid” or “random” farm to 140 m regardless of what was defined in the params.yaml file.