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View article: SAR Offshore Wind Fields in the Gulf of Lion
SAR Offshore Wind Fields in the Gulf of Lion Open
Offshore wind energy is rapidly growing due to high wind speeds and low visual impact at sea. In the North-Western Mediterranean, the Gulf of Lion is one area where floating offshore wind turbines will be installed. A detailed analysis of …
View article: Wind Speed‐Up in Wind Farm Wakes Quantified From Satellite SAR and Mesoscale Modeling
Wind Speed‐Up in Wind Farm Wakes Quantified From Satellite SAR and Mesoscale Modeling Open
Satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) provides ocean surface wind fields at 10 m above sea level. The objective is to investigate the capability of SAR satellite StriX observations for mapping offshore wind farm wakes. The focus is on t…
View article: Assessment of SAR offshore wind fields in the Gulf of Lion 
Assessment of SAR offshore wind fields in the Gulf of Lion  Open
The Mediterranean Sea heavily relies on fossil fuels for its energy supply, but the shift toward green energy is imminent. Offshore wind farms represent a pivotal step in this transition. However, deploying these wind farms effectively req…
View article: Evaluation of SAR-Based Sea State Parameters and Roughness Length Derivation Over the Coastal Seas of the USA
Evaluation of SAR-Based Sea State Parameters and Roughness Length Derivation Over the Coastal Seas of the USA Open
This article presents comprehensive validation of specific sea state parameters (SSPs) and synthetic aperture radar (SAR)-derived wind speeds (). The article introduces a novel approach to retrieving roughness length () based on wave steep…
View article: Normalized roughness length estimation using derived sea state parameters from SAR
Normalized roughness length estimation using derived sea state parameters from SAR Open
Studying air-sea interaction is essential for various coastal applications and structures, including offshore wind energy. The impact of waves on the atmospheric models is often described by introducing of the aerodynamic roughness length …
View article: Wind Retrieval from Constellations of Small SAR Satellites: Potential for Offshore Wind Resource Assessment
Wind Retrieval from Constellations of Small SAR Satellites: Potential for Offshore Wind Resource Assessment Open
The planning of offshore wind energy projects requires wind observations over long periods for the establishment of wind speed distributions. In the marine environment, high-quality in situ observations are sparse and restricted to point l…
View article: Lifetime prediction of turbine blades using global precipitation products from satellites
Lifetime prediction of turbine blades using global precipitation products from satellites Open
The growing size of wind turbines leads to extremely high tip speeds when the blades are rotating. The blades are prone to leading edge erosion when raindrops hit the blades at such high speeds, and blade damage will eventually affect the …
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Abstract. The growing size of wind turbines leads to extremely high tip speeds when the blades are rotating. The blades are prone to leading edge erosion when raindrops hit the blades at such high speeds, and blade damage will eventually a…
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Abstract. The growing size of wind turbines leads to extremely high tip speeds when the blades are rotating. The blades are prone to leading edge erosion when raindrops hit the blades at such high speeds and blade damage will eventually af…
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The growing size of wind turbines leads to extremely high tip speeds when the blades are rotating. The blades are prone to leading edge erosion when raindrops hit the blades at such high speeds and blade damage will eventually affect the p…
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Abstract. The growing size of wind turbines leads to extremely high tip speeds when the blades are rotating. The blades are prone to leading edge erosion when raindrops hit the blades at such high speeds and blade damage will eventually af…
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Abstract. The growing size of wind turbines leads to extremely high tip speeds when the blades are rotating. The blades are prone to leading edge erosion when raindrops hit the blades at such high speeds, and blade damage will eventually a…
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Abstract. The growing size of wind turbines leads to extremely high tip speeds when the blades are rotating. The blades are prone to leading edge erosion when raindrops hit the blades at such high speeds, and blade damage will eventually a…
View article: Comment on wes-2022-59
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The growing size of wind turbines leads to extremely high tip speeds when the blades are rotating. The blades are prone to leading edge erosion when raindrops hit the blades at such high speeds and blade damage will eventually affect the p…
View article: Lifetime prediction of turbine blades using global precipitation products from satellites
Lifetime prediction of turbine blades using global precipitation products from satellites Open
The growing size of wind turbines leads to extremely high tip speeds when the blades are rotating. The blades are prone to leading edge erosion when raindrops hit the blades at such high speeds and blade damage will eventually affect the p…
View article: Wind Speed Variation Mapped Using SAR before and after Commissioning of Offshore Wind Farms
Wind Speed Variation Mapped Using SAR before and after Commissioning of Offshore Wind Farms Open
When installing offshore wind farms (OWFs) adjacent to the coast, one needs to consider the combined effects of the wind wakes caused by the OWFs and natural horizontal coastal wind speed gradients (HCWSGs). This study exploits the full Se…
View article: Satellite-based estimation of roughness lengths and displacement heights for wind resource modelling
Satellite-based estimation of roughness lengths and displacement heights for wind resource modelling Open
Wind turbines in northern Europe are frequently placed in forests, which sets new wind resource modelling requirements. Accurate mapping of the land surface can be challenging at forested sites due to sudden transitions between patches wit…
View article: Comment on wes-2021-28
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Abstract. Wind turbines in northern Europe are frequently placed in forests, which sets new wind resource modelling requirements. Accurate mapping of the land surface can be challenging at forested sites due to sudden transitions between p…
View article: Satellite-based estimation of roughness lengths and displacement heights for wind resource modelling
Satellite-based estimation of roughness lengths and displacement heights for wind resource modelling Open
Wind turbines in northern Europe are frequently placed in forests, which sets new wind resource modelling requirements. Accurate mapping of the land surface can be challenging at forested sites due to sudden transitions between patches wit…
View article: CMEMS-Based Coastal Analyses: Conditioning, Coupling and Limits for Applications
CMEMS-Based Coastal Analyses: Conditioning, Coupling and Limits for Applications Open
Recent advances in numerical modeling, satellite data, and coastal processes, together with the rapid evolution of CMEMS products and the increasing pressures on coastal zones, suggest the timeliness of extending such products toward the c…
View article: US East Coast synthetic aperture radar wind atlas for offshore wind energy
US East Coast synthetic aperture radar wind atlas for offshore wind energy Open
We present the first synthetic aperture radar (SAR) offshore wind atlas of the US East Coast from Georgia to the Canadian border. Images from RADARSAT-1, Envisat, and Sentinel-1A/B are processed to wind maps using the geophysical model fun…
View article: Europe's offshore winds assessed with synthetic aperture radar, ASCAT and WRF
Europe's offshore winds assessed with synthetic aperture radar, ASCAT and WRF Open
Europe's offshore wind resource mapping is part of the New European Wind Atlas (NEWA) international consortium effort. This study presents the results of analysis of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ocean wind maps based on Envisat and Senti…
View article: Wind Farm Wakes from SAR and Doppler Radar
Wind Farm Wakes from SAR and Doppler Radar Open
We retrieve atmospheric wake characteristics at the wind farm Westermost Rough from Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images. For the first time, co-located reference measurements of the full flow field around the wind farm are ava…
View article: Europe’s offshore winds assessed from SAR, ASCAT and WRF
Europe’s offshore winds assessed from SAR, ASCAT and WRF Open
Europe’s offshore wind resource mapping is part of the New European Wind Atlas (NEWA) international consortium effort. This study presents the results of analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) ocean wind maps based on Envisat and Senti…
View article: US East Coast synthetic aperture radar wind atlas for offshore wind energy
US East Coast synthetic aperture radar wind atlas for offshore wind energy Open
We present the first synthetic aperture radar (SAR)-based offshore wind atlas of the US East Coast from Georgia to the Canadian border. Images from Radarsat-1, Envisat, Sentinel-1A, and Sentinel-1B are processed to wind maps using the Geop…
View article: Offshore Wind Energy Estimation in the Bay of Bengal with Satellite Wind Measurement
Offshore Wind Energy Estimation in the Bay of Bengal with Satellite Wind Measurement Open
1st International Conference on Advances in Science, Engineering and Robotics Technology, ICASERT 2019; 3 May 2019 through 5 May 2019
View article: Applications of satellite winds for the offshore wind farm site Anholt
Applications of satellite winds for the offshore wind farm site Anholt Open
Rapid growth in the offshore wind energy sector means more offshore wind farms are placed closer to each other and in the lee of large land masses. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) offers maps of the wind speed offshore with high resolution …