Satellite Wind

From Satellite

QuikScat, SAR and Calipso

[Agreements with NASA for funding and collaboration]

Satellite (e.g. quickSCAT)

-Advantages: large areas covered for 10 m winds

-Disadvantages: twice per day coverage coarse resolution (12.5 - 25 km)

Annual mean of QuickScat wind Power Density at 70 m height. Period 2000 – 2007

Seasonal mean QuickScat wind Power Density at 70 m height. Period 2000-2007. Red dot correspond to the location of the Chesapeake light tower and blue dot to the buoy 44014.