Wind energy mapping from synthetic aperture radar

Author

Johannessen, Ola M. ; Espedal, Heidi ; Bjørgo, Einar

Author_Institution

Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1619

Abstract

Satellite based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) measurements from, e.g. ERS-1/ERS-2 can be used for wind energy mapping in coastal regions for wind mill siting. The SAR has clear advantages for high spatial resolution wind field mapping since it is independent of daylight and clouds. The spatial resolution of 30 m is sufficient as is the 100 km wide and several hundred km long spatial coverage along the coastline. Wind maps generated from SAR will be able to provide spatial information about wind energy with a resolution of 400 m. However, before SAR can be used operational for wind energy mapping, the method needs validation and potential limitations must be investigated and described in detail

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; wind; wind power; SAR; atmosphere; coast; coastal region; marine boundary layer; measurement technique; meteorological radar; radar remote sensing; site choice; siting; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; wind; wind energy; wind energy mapping; wind power; Clouds; Energy resolution; Milling machines; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spatial resolution; Synthetic aperture radar; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.772038

Filename

772038