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Wind Resource Modeling & Uncertainty Quantification for Wind Resource Assessment: Application to Bangladesh. Task 1: ERA Interim, MERRA and CFSR reanalysis wind investigations at NREL Phase 1 meteorological measurement sites in Bangladesh. Phase I Sites.
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Wind Resource Modeling & Uncertainty Quantification for Wind Resource Assessment: Application to Bangladesh
Task 1: • ERA Interim, MERRA and CFSR reanalysis wind investigations at NREL Phase 1 meteorological measurement sites in Bangladesh
Phase I Sites Rajshahi24.170350°, 88.907340° Chandpur23.211152°, 90.642340° Sitakunda22.603917°, 91.660083° InaniBeach 21.147340°, 92.075831° Rangpur25.606600°, 89.068770°
ERA-Interim annual wind at Rangpur site(25.606600°, 89.068770° ) Rangpur ERA-Interim 5
MERRA annual wind at Rangpur site(25.606600°, 89.068770° ) Rangpur MERRA 6
CFSR annual wind at Rangpur site(25.606600°, 89.068770° ) Rangpur CFSR 7
ERA-Interim annual wind at Rajshahi site(24.170350°, 88.907340° ) Rajshahi ERA-Interim 8
MERRA annual wind at Rajshahi site(24.170350°, 88.907340° ) Rajshahi MERRA 9
CFSR annual wind at Rajshahi site(24.170350°, 88.907340° ) Rajshahi CFSR 10
ERA-Interim annual wind at Chandpur site(23.211152°, 90.642340° ) Chandpur ERA-Interim 11
MERRA annual wind at Chandpur site(23.211152°, 90.642340° ) Chandpur MERRA 12
CFSR annual wind at Chandpur site(23.211152°, 90.642340° ) Chandpur CFSR 13
ERA-Interim annual wind at Sitakunda site(22.603917°, 91.660083°) Sitakunda ERA-Interim 14
MERRA annual wind at Sitakunda site(22.603917°, 91.660083°) Sitakunda MERRA 15
CFSR annual wind at Sitakunda site(22.603917°, 91.660083°) Sitakunda CFSR 16
ERA-Interim annual wind at Inani Beach site(21.147340°, 92.075831°) Inani Beach ERA-Interim 17
MERRA annual wind at Inani Beach site(21.147340°, 92.075831°) Inani Beach MERRA 18
CFSR annual wind at Inani Beach site(21.147340°, 92.075831°) Inani Beach CFSR 19
Summary • Except on the coast MERRA winds are consistently stronger than ERA-Interim and CFSR winds • ERA-Interim and CFSR winds are similar • The strongest winds are at Sitakunda and Chandpur
Notes • Mean wind speed was computed from mean wind components, based on the climatological products offered by ERA, MERRA and CFSR. • Cancellations can occur on scalar quantities during the averaging process (e.g. same wind speed but opposite direction). This may explain the weak annual winds. • NCAR is recomputing the annual winds from wind speed. Early results on ERA-Interim (1979-1987) shows that annual winds can be twice as large
wind speed vs wind components averaging Wind speed average ERA-Interim 1979-1987 Wind components average ERA-Interim 1979-1987