Advances in Offshore Wind Resource Estimation

Wind resource mapping is basically a meteorological time-series statistical analysis, to which the features of the landscape such as roughness, topography and local obstacles are integrated. The normal procedure is to use the WAsP program which is de facto standard for wind turbine siting]. The basic principle of the program is to solve the atmospheric flow equation using the logarithmic wind profile law and then to include the effects of the terrain. The optimal situation is to have accurate, long-term wind and turbulence observations from the height in the atmospheric boundary layer at the site where a wind farm is envisioned. This information provides the basis for wind resource mapping, identifying extreme conditions and wind load on the turbines.

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