The impact of large scale atmospheric circulation patterns on wind power generation and its potential predictability: A case study over the UK

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2087-2096

  Brayshaw, David James ^a   Troccoli, Alberto ^b   Fordham, Rachael ^a   Methven, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Seasonal forecasting; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLIMATE FORECASTS; CLIMATE PATTERNS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; MEAN POWER; MEAN-WINDS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; POWER OUT PUT; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPECIFIC SITES; TIME-SCALES; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND FARM; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; TURBINES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND POWER;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEASONALITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952453960     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.01.025     Document Type: Article

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