Title :
Estimating wind resource over Oman using meso-scale modeling
Author :
Al-Yahyai, Sultan ; Charabi, Yassine ; Gastli, Adel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Sultan Qaboos Univ., Muscat, Oman
Abstract :
The High Resolution Model (HRM) which is a Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) meso-scale model was used to estimate wind resource over Oman at 7 km resolution. The simulation was conducted for year 2009. Wind resource at different vertical levels was calculated. Seasonal and annual means are also presented. Model simulation results were validated through a comparison to two weather stations measurements. Good correlation between simulation results and real measurements was obtained.
Keywords :
weather forecasting; wind power; Oman; high resolution model; meso-scale model; numerical weather prediction; weather stations measurements; wind resource estimatiom; Computational modeling; Numerical models; Predictive models; Wind forecasting; Wind speed;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conference and Exhibition (EnergyCon), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Manama
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9378-4
DOI :
10.1109/ENERGYCON.2010.5771740
