On the accuracy of CORDEX RCMs to project future winds over the Iberian Peninsula and surrounding ocean

F. Santos, M. Gómez-Gesteira, M. deCastro, J.A. Añel, D. Carvalho, Xurxo Costoya and J.M. Dias

Applied Energy, 2018, vol. 228, issue C, 289-300

Abstract: The accuracy of CORDEX regional models to reproduce wind speed was assessed at 15 wind farms (216 wind turbines) and 13 oceanic buoys covering the Iberian Peninsula and surrounding ocean during 2012. Models were able to reproduce with relative accuracy both the mean wind speed, with a mean error of 19% inland and 10% offshore, and the wind distribution, with an overlap percentage between distributions of 82 ± 5% inland and 83 ± 3% offshore. In addition, CORDEX regional models showed a skill higher than CMIP5 general models.

Keywords: Wind offshore and inland; Wind farm; Climate change; CORDEX; CMIP5; Iberian Peninsula (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.06.086

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