Analysis of Atmospheric Planetary Boundary Layer - Terrain Interactions. Wind Industry Implications

The development of wind energy has a direct effect on the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector. This industry is one of the largest anthropogenic contributors to the global problem of climate change. Numerical modeling is a tool that forms part of the present and future of th...

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Autor: Prósper Fernández, Miguel Ángel
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/18377
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10347/18377
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Materias::Investigación::25 Ciencias de la tierra y del espacio::2509 Metereología::250909 Predicción numérica meteorológica
Materias::Investigación::25 Ciencias de la tierra y del espacio::2509 Metereología::250911 Predicción operacional meteorológica
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Sumario:The development of wind energy has a direct effect on the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector. This industry is one of the largest anthropogenic contributors to the global problem of climate change. Numerical modeling is a tool that forms part of the present and future of this sector; because it is able to reproduce the effect of wind farms on the atmosphere and to obtain its short-term production prediction. The present thesis aims to achieve a detailed quantification and understanding of the main interactions between atmospheric planet boundary layer and terrain, focusing on the behavior of wind flows at different scales.