Project title: MONITORING PROGRAM OF MACEDONIAN WIND RESOURCES Background: Wind Atlas The Wind Atlas is based on numerical modeling of the large-scale climatology of the atmosphere. The inputs for modeling are typically taken from global databases:
The used model is MASS (Mesoscale Atmospheric Simulation System), a numerical weather model developed by MESO, Inc. The model simulates the fundamental physics of the atmosphere including conservation of mass, momentum and energy, as well as the moisture phases and it contains a turbulent kinetic energy module that accounts the effects of viscosity and thermal stability on wind shear. Wind Atlas for the Republic of Macedonia was prepared by AWS Truewind Company from U.S.A in May and June, 2005. The Atlas is consisting of wind speed maps at four heights 40m, 60m, 80m and 100m. Based on the results from Wind Atlas, four measuring stations are installed on selected locations. |