Abstract
There is great need for models in order to be able to get more detailed information regarding the horizontal and vertical variation of the wind. A mesoscale higher order closure atmospheric boundary layer model has been used to get this type of information in an area in south-eastern Sweden. This type of model is quite computer time consuming. As the number of model runs had to be kept at a minimum, the factors primarily affecting the wind field was identified. It was rendered necessary to make simulations representing the four seasons, 8 wind directions, three geostrophic wind speeds, and three mean temperatures over land, while the sea surface temperature was kept at its monthly average. The model was run for these 288 conditions with the monthly mean of the daily temperature variation to include the effects of the thermal stratification. 24 hours of simulated data were stored from each simulation. A comparison between the modelled climatological mean wind and the observations at three weather stations showed good agreement both as regards monthly and annual data. The potential wind energy production in the area was estimated from the modelled wind and was over the open sea found to be about 20%
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Bergstroem, H
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- Uppsala Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Meteorology
Citation Formats
Bergstroem, H.
A climatological study of wind power potential in the Blekinge area.
Sweden: N. p.,
1992.
Web.
Bergstroem, H.
A climatological study of wind power potential in the Blekinge area.
Sweden.
Bergstroem, H.
1992.
"A climatological study of wind power potential in the Blekinge area."
Sweden.
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title = {A climatological study of wind power potential in the Blekinge area}
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abstractNote = {There is great need for models in order to be able to get more detailed information regarding the horizontal and vertical variation of the wind. A mesoscale higher order closure atmospheric boundary layer model has been used to get this type of information in an area in south-eastern Sweden. This type of model is quite computer time consuming. As the number of model runs had to be kept at a minimum, the factors primarily affecting the wind field was identified. It was rendered necessary to make simulations representing the four seasons, 8 wind directions, three geostrophic wind speeds, and three mean temperatures over land, while the sea surface temperature was kept at its monthly average. The model was run for these 288 conditions with the monthly mean of the daily temperature variation to include the effects of the thermal stratification. 24 hours of simulated data were stored from each simulation. A comparison between the modelled climatological mean wind and the observations at three weather stations showed good agreement both as regards monthly and annual data. The potential wind energy production in the area was estimated from the modelled wind and was over the open sea found to be about 20% higher compared to earlier investigations. Closer to the coast the present model simulations show, however, a somewhat lower mean wind speed than the earlier studies, thus giving a 10-20% decrease of the potential energy production in these areas as compared to previous results. The present investigation thus gives a larger difference in wind energy potential between the open sea and the coastal zone. 39 refs.}
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title = {A climatological study of wind power potential in the Blekinge area}
author = {Bergstroem, H}
abstractNote = {There is great need for models in order to be able to get more detailed information regarding the horizontal and vertical variation of the wind. A mesoscale higher order closure atmospheric boundary layer model has been used to get this type of information in an area in south-eastern Sweden. This type of model is quite computer time consuming. As the number of model runs had to be kept at a minimum, the factors primarily affecting the wind field was identified. It was rendered necessary to make simulations representing the four seasons, 8 wind directions, three geostrophic wind speeds, and three mean temperatures over land, while the sea surface temperature was kept at its monthly average. The model was run for these 288 conditions with the monthly mean of the daily temperature variation to include the effects of the thermal stratification. 24 hours of simulated data were stored from each simulation. A comparison between the modelled climatological mean wind and the observations at three weather stations showed good agreement both as regards monthly and annual data. The potential wind energy production in the area was estimated from the modelled wind and was over the open sea found to be about 20% higher compared to earlier investigations. Closer to the coast the present model simulations show, however, a somewhat lower mean wind speed than the earlier studies, thus giving a 10-20% decrease of the potential energy production in these areas as compared to previous results. The present investigation thus gives a larger difference in wind energy potential between the open sea and the coastal zone. 39 refs.}
place = {Sweden}
year = {1992}
month = {May}
}