Mapping Offshore Winds Around Iceland Using Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar and Mesoscale Model Simulations

• Published in: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Charlotte Bay Hasager, Merete Badger, Nikolai Nawri, Birgitte Rugaard Furevik, Guorun Nina Petersen, Halldor Bjornsson, Niels-Erik Clausen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2015
• Subjects: Offshore resource; polarization ratio (PR); synthetic aperture radar (SAR); wind energy; wind speed; Ocean engineering; TC1501-1800; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Asar; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2015.2443981; https://doaj.org/article/9f5207bfbce547628d941f5dac58b58b

The offshore wind climate in Iceland is examined based on satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR), coastal meteorological station measurements, and results from two atmospheric model data sets, HARMONIE and NORA10. The offshore winds in Iceland are highly influenced by the rugged coastline. Lee eff...