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Assessing the dependence of surface layer atmospheric stability on measurement height at offshore locations

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posted on 2015-06-05, 14:16 authored by Peter Argyle, Simon Watson
Incorporating atmospheric stability into wind resource assessment modelling is becoming more common. This study investigates some of the challenges associated with calculating stability in the offshore environment. Data are analysed from meteorological masts FINO1 and FINO3 in the German North Sea using measurements at three different heights and results show significant differences in stability assessment depending on which combination of heights are used. All methods show the North Sea to be very unstable for the majority of the time, although by ignoring wind and thermal data from below 50m, the atmosphere appears more stable, indicating the presence of a marine internal boundary layer. Even 80km out to sea, it is suggested FINO3 still feels the effects of land, and it is clear the height of the atmospheric surface layer effects wind speed measurements under certain conditions.

Funding

This work was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (Grant no.: EP/H018662/1) and an EPSRC CASE Award.

History

School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

JOURNAL OF WIND ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICS

Volume

131

Pages

88 - 99 (12)

Citation

ARGYLE, P. and WATSON, S.J., 2014. Assessing the dependence of surface layer atmospheric stability on measurement height at offshore locations. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 131 pp. 88-99.

Publisher

© Elsevier

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2014

Notes

This was published in the Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics [© Elsevier] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2014.06.002

ISSN

0167-6105

Language

  • en