Overview
- Determines whether and if so to what extent the OWF expansion due to the energy supply debate affects our oceans and local climates
- Includes three in-depth analyses: 1. OWF effect on atmosphere, 2. OWF effect on the ocean and 3. a future scenario with two case studies
- Analyzes model simulations and measurements
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs (HAMBURG, volume 31)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Renewable energy resources now play an essential role in the energy supply debate, and especially a new interest in wind energy has resulted in the intensified construction of wind farms. Thanks to the growing demand for renewable energy, offshore wind farms (OWFs) are increasingly gaining in popularity, since yields over sea are greater and more reliable than over land. Against this background it is becoming particularly urgent to determine whether and if so to what extent such OWF expansion affects our oceans and local climates. OWFs produce a downstream wind speed reduction, the so-called wind-wake effect, which impacts atmospheric boundary layers, alters local wind characteristics and in turn affects ocean dynamics. This book will help readers to understand in detail these OWF-induced changes in the atmosphere and ocean by analyzing model simulations and measurements. In this context, OWF-induced upwelling and downwelling are key aspects.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: On the Effect of Offshore Wind Farms on the Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics
Authors: Elke Ludewig
Series Title: Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08641-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-08640-8Published: 20 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-08641-5Published: 31 October 2014
Series ISSN: 1614-2462
Series E-ISSN: 1867-9587
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 162
Number of Illustrations: 94 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Environmental Law, Oceanography, Renewable and Green Energy, Offshore Engineering, Climate Change, Environmental Science and Engineering