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Wind resource assessment in complex urban environments: MIT campus case-study using CFD Analysis 1 2 1 1 Alex Kalmikov , Guillaume Dupont , Katherine Dykes , Cy Chan 1Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2Meteodyn Abstract Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods holds potential for the advancement of wind energy resource assessment in complex urban terrain by modeling wind circulation around urban obstacles. The geometry in urban areas is significantly more complex than for open rural spaces and has a critical influence on wind flow at the micro-meteorological scale. The effects of the buildings on wind flow, such as vortices at the feet of the towers, Venturi effects or Wise effects, make the modeling of urban flows considerably more difficult. We simulate these effects with UrbaWind CFD model by solving the equations of Fluid Mechanics with a specific method that allows for representation of the turbulence and the wakes around buildings. CFD simulations have been used to evaluate the wind energy potential on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA. The assessment has been performed by using observations from a nearby reference site in order to estimate the effects of long-term local climatology. Data from two site specific met masts have been used in the analysis. Comparisons between the measurements and the predicted wind speeds allowed for validation of the simulated results within a margin of error for both wind speed and wind power density prediction. This analysis provides an improved understanding of the micro-climate wind resource on the MIT campus and will facilitate the optimal siting of a small