Wind Energy Mapping using a Mesoscale Atmospheric Model and a Global
Meteorological Database
Conference Subject: Integration and Implementation
Topic:
Wind measuring, wind assessment, and wind mapping or, alternatively,
Siting and Power Prediction
Authors: Matthias Mohr (Renewable Energy Systems, St. Albans, United Kingdom) and
Dr. Hans Bergström (Dept. of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala,
Sweden)
Corresponding Author: Matthias Mohr, presently guest researcher at Dept. of Earth
Sciences, Villavägen 16, Uppsala University, 75236 Uppsala, Sweden.
E-mail: matthias.mohr@met.uu.se, Phone: +46-18-4717190, Fax: +46-18551124
Abstract:
The local wind climate over Sweden and the Baltic Sea area has previously been
investigated by means of a large number of mesoscale meteorological model
simulations using, for instance, 3 typical (geostrophic) wind speeds, 8 typical
(geostrophic) wind directions, and 4 typical months (January, April, July, and October),
in order to represent a large number of different meteorological situations. This gives a
total number of 96 model runs. In each run, the model has been run over 24 hours, in
order to resolve the daily cycle.
The results from these model runs are, then, weighted together, using frequency
distributions for the large-scale (geostrophic) wind directions and wind speeds.
Previously, these distributions have been obtained from long time series of mean-sealevel pressure from a number of meteorological stations.
In order to make the above-described method applicable throughout the world (also over
areas where no measurements are available), 30 years of data from a global
meteorological database are used in order to calculate the above-named frequency
distributions.
Frequency distributions from both methods are compared, and the impacts on the local
climatological wind field, as predicted by the modelling system, are estimated. This is
done for the area of the Baltic Sea and the surroundings. The results obtained with both
methods are compared against each other, as well as against a number of
measurements.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Hans Matthias Mohr
Date of Birth: 20 January 1970
Nationality: German
Profession: Meteorologist (Master of Sciences), Ph.D.-student in Meteorology
Studies:
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Oct. 1991 – July 1997: Student in Meteorology at University of Karlsruhe,
Germany.
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July 1997: Master of Sciences in Meteorology from Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Apr. 1998 – Jun. 2003: Ph.D.-student in Meteorology at Uppsala University,
Sweden.
Studies Abroad:
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Sep. 1995 – Apr. 1997: Studies in Meteorology at Uppsala University, Sweden.
Trainee Jobs:
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Oct. 1993 – Jun. 1995: Scientific measurement assistant at Dept. of Meteorology
and Climate Research, University of Karlsruhe, Germany.
(Maintenance of 6 climate stations in the upper Rhine Valley and Black Forest
area)
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July 1996: Field assistant at Abisko Scientific Research Station, Abisko, Sweden.
(Working with spectral radiation measurements)
German Master’s Degree in Meteorology (received in August 1997):
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Master’s Thesis: Entitled “Comparison of Simulations with Two Mesoscale Models,
the MIUU Model and the KAMM Model, using Two Low-Level Jet Cases over the
Baltic Sea”. At University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and Uppsala University, Sweden.
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Main subjects in Master’s Degree:
- Meteorology and Climatology
- Theoretical Meteorology
- Electronics
- Ecologically friendly production of electric energy and non-conventional energy
techniques (among others wind and solar energy)
Employments:
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From May 2003 at Renewable Energy Systems (RES), St. Albans, United Kingdom
Uppsala, 30 April 2003
Matthias Mohr