Challenges for sustained observing and forecasting systems in the Mediterranean Sea

J Tintoré, N Pinardi, E Álvarez-Fanjul… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Mediterranean community represented in this paper is the result of more than 30 years
of EU and nationally funded coordination, which has led to key contributions in science …

Improvements in wind speed forecasts for wind power prediction purposes using Kalman filtering

P Louka, G Galanis, N Siebert, G Kariniotakis… - Journal of Wind …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper studies the application of Kalman filtering as a post-processing method in
numerical predictions of wind speed. Two limited-area atmospheric models have been …

Assessing the European offshore wind and wave energy resource for combined exploitation

C Kalogeri, G Galanis, C Spyrou, D Diamantis… - Renewable energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The main concern when utilizing renewable energy resources is their intermittency and
variability. One way to deal with this shortcoming is to harvest energy from complementary …

Joint distribution of environmental condition at five european offshore sites for design of combined wind and wave energy devices

L Li, Z Gao, T Moan - Journal of Offshore Mechanics …, 2015 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The design of wind turbines requires information about joint data for wind and wave
conditions. Moreover, combining offshore wind and wave energy facilities is a potential way …

Modes of operation and forcing in oil spill modeling: state-of-art, deficiencies and challenges

P Keramea, N Kokkos, G Zodiatis… - Journal of Marine Science …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Oil spills may have devastating effects on marine ecosystems, public health, the economy,
and coastal communities. As a consequence, scientific literature contains various up-to-date …

Storm surges in the Mediterranean Sea: Variability and trends under future climatic conditions

YS Androulidakis, KD Kombiadou, CV Makris… - … of Atmospheres and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The trends of storm surge extremes in the Mediterranean Sea for a period of 150 years
(1951–2100) are explored, using a high-resolution storm surge model. Numerical …

[PDF][PDF] Benchmarking of different approaches to forecast solar irradiance

E Lorenz, J Remund, SC Müller… - 24th European …, 2009 - iea-shc.org
Power generation from photovoltaic systems is highly variable due to its dependence on
meteorological conditions. An efficient use of this fluctuating energy source requires reliable …

Wind power prediction based on numerical and statistical models

C Stathopoulos, A Kaperoni, G Galanis… - Journal of Wind …, 2013 - Elsevier
The issue of wind power prediction is approached in this work by means of numerical and
statistical prediction models. Two high resolution regional atmospheric systems are …

Applications of Kalman filters based on non-linear functions to numerical weather predictions

G Galanis, P Louka, P Katsafados… - Annales …, 2006 - angeo.copernicus.org
This paper investigates the use of non-linear functions in classical Kalman filter algorithms
on the improvement of regional weather forecasts. The main aim is the implementation of …

Transatlantic Saharan dust transport: Model simulation and results

G Kallos, A Papadopoulos… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐range transport of desert dust from the Sahara across the northern Atlantic has been
recorded many times by satellite imagery and ground‐based measurements. However, this …