Abstract
The long-term average wind climate offshore is essential for wind energy planning in the marine environment, where in situ measurements are costly and sparse.
DTU Wind Energy has a long-standing tradition of utilising Scatterometer and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) ocean surface winds to cover the needs of offshore wind energy applications, e.g Karagali et al. [1], Hasager et al. [2].
Scatterometer winds from ASCAT, with their extended period of availability are valuable for describing longer-term wind statistics for offshore areas.
SAR winds are being retrieved since the ENVISAT era and with the addition of Sentinel-1, a large archive of high-resolution surface wind fields is publicly available at https://satwinds.windenergy.dtu.dk/.
Example products for wind resource assessment are available at http://science.globalwindatlas.info/science.html
DTU Wind Energy has a long-standing tradition of utilising Scatterometer and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) ocean surface winds to cover the needs of offshore wind energy applications, e.g Karagali et al. [1], Hasager et al. [2].
Scatterometer winds from ASCAT, with their extended period of availability are valuable for describing longer-term wind statistics for offshore areas.
SAR winds are being retrieved since the ENVISAT era and with the addition of Sentinel-1, a large archive of high-resolution surface wind fields is publicly available at https://satwinds.windenergy.dtu.dk/.
Example products for wind resource assessment are available at http://science.globalwindatlas.info/science.html
| Original language | English |
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| Publication date | 2019 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
| Event | OceanObs'19 - Honolulu, United States Duration: 16 Sep 2019 → 20 Sep 2019 http://www.oceanobs19.net/ |
Conference
| Conference | OceanObs'19 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Honolulu |
| Period | 16/09/2019 → 20/09/2019 |
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Cite this
Karagali, I., Hasager, C. B., Badger, M., & Ahsbahs, T. T. (2019). Spaceborne ocean winds for offshore wind energy applications. Poster session presented at OceanObs'19, Honolulu, United States.