Mesoscale contribution to available wind power potential

Lyons, Thomas J.

doi:10.1016/0038-092x(89)90048-0

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“…A land-sea temperature gradient of sufficient magnitude generates landward (during the day) thermal pressure gradients to drive onshore airflow, known as the day time sea breeze. In many locations, the typical depth and wind speeds associated with the sea breeze circulation imply that the sea breeze is potentially capable of providing momentum for power generation at times where otherwise weak synoptic gradients would inhibit this [13,32]. On the other hand, in certain locations the implications of the sea breeze might have detrimental consequences for coastal or offshore wind power generation, as demonstrated through idealized numerical model simulations in the studies of [45] and [19].…”

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Synoptic and sub-synoptic circulation effects on wind resource variability – A case study from a coastal terrain setting in New Zealand

Gibson

Cullen

2015

Renewable Energy

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a b s t r a c tThis paper investigates linkages between synoptic and sub-synoptic scale atmospheric circulation and temporal wind resource variability, adopting a synoptic weather typing approach. These linkages were examined in a complex terrain, coastal setting in southern New Zealand. Over a 28 month period, approximately 71% of the intermonthly variability in power density was explained by the monthly frequency of a subset of weather types. Within this subset, weather types associated with strong southwest or west orientated pressure gradients were related to enhanced power density, whereas weather types associated with stagnant pressure gradients were related to reduced power density. At the subsynoptic scale, the effect of the sea breeze on the wind resource was found to be of importance but dependent on both the season and the ambient larger scale atmospheric circulation. Aspects of the sea breeze circulation also appear to be complicated by additional thermal and dynamical influences associated with the larger scale terrain complexity. Similar wind regimes likely occur elsewhere and should be examined specifically in the context of the wind resource.

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