How well can we forecast winds at different heights? An assessment of ECMWF IFS & EPS skill of forecasting wind fields at different model levels

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2010, EWEC 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1060-1069

  Petroliagis, T I ^a   Tambke, J ^a   Heinemann, D ^a   Denhard, M ^b   Hagedorn, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ensemble prediction system; Spread skill relationship forecast skill

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; END-USERS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; FORECAST GUIDANCE; FORECAST INTERVAL; FORECAST SYSTEMS; HIGH RESOLUTION; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; PROBABILISTIC MODE; SURFACE LAYERS; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WIND FIELD; WIND POWER FORECASTING;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; EXHIBITIONS; WIND POWER;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84870038626     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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