Wind Energy Meteorology: Atmospheric Physics for Wind Power Generation

by Stefan Emeis

Overview

An introduction to the meteorological boundary conditions for power generation from onshore and offshore wind, this book reviews the derivation of wind laws and wind profile descriptions, and discusses the efficiency of large wind parks and their wakes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642305238
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	07/26/2012
Series:	Green Energy and Technology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	198
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Stefan Emeis is a meteorologist. He received his PhD at the University of Bonn, Germany in 1985 and his habilitation at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany in 1994. He is currently a senior scientist and research group leader at the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany and adjunct professor of meteorology at the University of Cologne, Germany. His research interests are the structure and turbulence of the atmospheric boundary layers, surface-based remote sensing of the atmosphere, the meteorological prerequisites for the usage of wind energy and all aspects of climate change.

He is the editor-in-chief of the scientific journal “Meteorologische Zeitschrift” and (co)author of more than 80 scientific papers and of several books.

Table of Contents

Wind laws.- Vertical wind and turbulence profiles.- Winds in complex terrain.- Offshore winds.-  Physics of wind parks.- Outlook.