Abstract
Abstract. Satellite altimeter has proven itself to be one of the important tool to provide good quality information in oceanographic study. Nowadays, most countries in the world have begun in implementation the wind energy as one of their renewable energy for electric power generation. Many wind speed studies conducted in Malaysia using conventional method and scientific technique such as anemometer and volunteer observing ships (VOS) in order to obtain the wind speed data to support the development of renewable energy. However, there are some limitations regarding to this conventional method such as less coverage for both spatial and temporal and less continuity in data sharing by VOS members. Thus, the aim of this research is to determine the reliability of wind speed data by using multi-mission satellite altimeter to support wind energy potential in Malaysia seas. Therefore, the wind speed data are derived from nine types of satellite altimeter starting from year 1993 until 2016. Then, to validate the reliability of wind speed data from satellite altimeter, a comparison of wind speed data form ground-truth buoy that located at Sabah and Sarawak is conducted. The validation is carried out in terms of the correlation, the root mean square error (RMSE) calculation and satellite track analysis. As a result, both techniques showing a good correlation with value positive 0.7976 and 0.6148 for point located at Sabah and Sarawak Sea, respectively. It can be concluded that a step towards the reliability of wind speed data by using multi-mission satellite altimeter can be achieved to support renewable energy.
Highlights
1.1 Research BackgroundMalaysia has attempted to implement wind energy as one of the renewable energy (RE) source to accommodate the electrical power in Malaysia
Most of the research locations were placed at meteorological stations which are near/at airport and it is not suitable placed for wind speed study due to bias of wind speed observation caused by airplanes
The wind speed data from both satellite altimeter and buoy are compared for each point located at Sabah and Sarawak Sea
Summary
Malaysia has attempted to implement wind energy as one of the renewable energy (RE) source to accommodate the electrical power in Malaysia. Many research and studies have been conducted by professionals and government agencies such as Malaysian Meteorological Department (MMD). The study of wind speed for both onshore and offshores in Malaysia was deadlocked due to the location and method used The geographical location of Malaysia at low wind-speed region has brought difficulties in wind speed study. Most of the research locations were placed at meteorological stations which are near/at airport and it is not suitable placed for wind speed study due to bias of wind speed observation caused by airplanes W. Ho, 1993)
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