The wind climatology of the Adriatic Sea deduced from coastal stations

SummaryWe have tested the model developed within the EU «European Wind Atlas» project under particularly critical conditions of thermal non-neutrality, and with simulations at distances exceeding 100 km. For this purpose we have used six coastal stations of the Adriatic Sea and one located 16 km off the coast of Venice. The performances and the limits of the model rise out by comparing the experimental results with the simulations. Then we have estimated the probability density functions of the wind speed in the Adriatic Sea for different heights above sea level, Finally, we have attempted an interpolation of these functions along the Adriatic Sea, from Venice to Brindisi.