WIND Strength and variability of the wind for design and power Data from Buoy networks (NOAA)

1. Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium Coastal Ocean Research to Facilitate Safe and Efficient Development of Offshore Renewable Energy • WIND • Strength and variability of the wind for design and power • Data from • Buoy networks (NOAA) • Chesapeake Light Tower (CLT) • QuikScat, SAR and Calypso satellite • Analyze for • Extreme events • Average power available • Variability – vertical and horizontal • WAVES • Characteristics needed for platform and turbine design and control and maintenance. • Data from • NDBC Data Buoys • Wavewatch III, Stormsurf, ?? • Analyze for • Extreme heights • Average conditions • Spatial patterns Waves reached xx feet high during the xxxx storm xxxxx. • OCEAN CURRENTS • Strength of ocean currents for design and possible power • Data from • high frequency radar systems along the coast • offshore moorings and NOAA • Analyze for • Extreme events • Average conditions From Platforms • WIND PROFILE • Understanding the variability in the wind above the ocean surface is vital to wind farm design. • Data from • Wind profilers installed by VCERC at CLT, Duck or Tangier • Analyze for • Vertical variability in relation to hub height. • Variations with season and weather [agreements with NOAA and ACOE for collaboration] From Satellite [Agreements with NASA for funding and collaboration] Surface currents from ODU and collaborators radar systems Contact: Larry P. Atkinson1 Jose L. Blanco1 and George Hagerman21Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, OEAS Department, Old Dominion University2Virginia Tech Advanced Research Instituteemail: latkinso@odu.edu; jlblanco@ccpo.odu.edu;