Coastal zone wind energy. Part I. Synoptic and mesoscale controls and distributions of coastal wind energy

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7175322· OSTI ID:7175322

Garstang, M.; Nnaji, S.; Pielke, R. A.; Gusdorf, J.; Lindsey, C.; Snow, J. W.

This report describes a method of determining coastal wind energy resources. Climatological data and a mesoscale numerical model are used to delineate the available wind energy along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. It is found that the spatial distribution of this energy is dependent on the locations of the observing sites in relation to the major synoptic weather features as well as the particular orientation of the coastline with respect to the large-scale wind.

• Research Organization: Virginia Univ., Charlottesville (USA). Dept. of Environmental Sciences
• DOE Contract Number: AS06-76ET20274
• OSTI ID: 7175322
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/20274-7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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