Open AccessOffshore wind resource estimation from satellite SAR wind field maps
Author(s) -
Hasager C. B.,
Nielsen M.,
Astrup P.,
Barthelmie R.,
Dellwik E.,
Jensen N. O.,
Jørgensen B. H.,
Pryor S. C.,
Rathmann O.,
Furevik B. R.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
wind energy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1099-1824
pISSN - 1095-4244
DOI - 10.1002/we.150
Subject(s) - offshore wind power , satellite , remote sensing , submarine pipeline , estimation , field (mathematics) , environmental science , marine engineering , geology , wind power , geography , oceanography , engineering , aerospace engineering , systems engineering , mathematics , electrical engineering , pure mathematics
A wind resource estimation study based on a series of 62 satellite wind field maps is presented. The maps were retrieved from imaging synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. The wind field maps were used as input to the software RWT, which calculates the offshore wind resource based on spatial averaging (footprint modelling) of the wind statistic in each satellite image. The calculated statistics can then be input to the program WA s P and used in lieu of in‐situ observations by meteorological instruments. A regional wind climate map based on satellite SAR images delineates significant spatial wind speed variations. The site of investigation was Horns Rev in the North Sea, where a meteorological time series is used for comparison. The advantages and limitations of these new techniques, which seem particularly useful for mapping of the regional wind climate, are discussed. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.