GC41H:
Renewable Energy I

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Elizabeth C Weatherhead, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Jessica Lundin, Vaisala Inc., Louisville, CO, United States
Primary Conveners:  Elizabeth C Weatherhead, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
Co-conveners:  Scott C James, Exponent, Inc., Water Resources Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States, Jessica Lundin, Vaisala Inc., Louisville, CO, United States and Andrew Clifton, National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Elizabeth C Weatherhead, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
 
Modelling and Optimization of Nannochloropsis and Chlorella Growth for Various Locations and Seasons
Patricia Elaine Gharagozloo, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
8:15 AM
 
Modeling Heteroscedasticity of Wind Speed Time Series in the United Arab Emirates
Hye Yeon Kim, Prashanth Reddy Marpu and Taha Ouarda, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
8:30 AM
 
Correlation Between Retrieved Land Surface Temperature from Landsat and in-Situ Measurements for Geothermal Mapping in Taiwan
Hai-Po Chan1, Jih-hao Hung1 and Yuei-An Liou2,3, (1)Institute of Geophysics, National Central University (NCU), Jhongli, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan, (2)Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research (CSRSR), National Central University (NCU), Jhongli, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan, (3)Taiwan Group on Earth Observations, Zhubei City, Hsinchu County 30274, Taiwan
8:45 AM
 
Wind Resource Assessment in the Middle East
Chak Man Andrew Yip, Udaya Bhaskar Gunturu and Georgiy L Stenchikov, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
9:00 AM
 
Advances in Optimizing Weather Driven Electric Power Systems.
Christopher Clack1, Alexander E MacDonald2, Anneliese Alexander1, Adam D Dunbar2, Yuanfu Xie2 and James M Wilczak2, (1)University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NOAA Boulder, Earth Systems Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
9:15 AM
 
Could Crop Roughness Impact the Wind Resource at Agriculturally Productive Wind Farm Sites?
Brian J Vanderwende and Julie K Lundquist, U. of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
9:30 AM
 
The impacts of land-use change from grassland to bioenergy Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) willow on the crop and ecosystem greenhouse gas balance
Gail Taylor1, Zoe M Harris1, Giorgio Alberti2, Marta Dondini3 and Pete Smith3, (1)University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom, (2)University of Udine, Udine, Italy, (3)University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
9:45 AM
 
Toward Improved Off-Shore Wind Predictions by Combining Observations with Models through State Estimation – An Analysis of Marine Boundary Layer Parameterizations
Branko Kosovic1, Luca Delle Monache1, Joshua Hacker1, Jared A Lee1, Francois C Vandenberghe1, Yonghui Wu1, Andrew Clifton2, Sam Hawkins3, Jesper Nissen3 and Dorita Rostkier-Edelstein4, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO, United States, (3)Vattenfall, Solna, Sweden, (4)Israel Institute for Biological Research, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, Environment Division, Ness Ziona, Israel