Research Projects and Publications
Here you can find a selection of research projects and publications with Meteotest's participation.
Research projects
| COST Action ES1002 - "WIRE: Weather Intelligence for renewable energies", launched and chaired by Meteotest. Thanks to this cooperation, Meteotest is located in the centre of all European research activities in the field of Production forecast for wind and solar energy. More information under www.wire1002.ch |
| Icing on the St. Brais wind turbines, 2009 to 2011: Consequences of icing on operation and power production. Project managed by Meteotest including icing measuerements, modeling and forecasting. |
| MEMFIS, 2008 to 2010: Measuring, Modelling and Forecasting Ice Loads on Structures. A project initiated and managed by Meteotest including icing measurements, modeling and forecasting. |
| SEEWIND, 2007 to 2010: Research project within the 'Sixth Framework Programme' of the European Union. Meteotest participated in the project 'South-East Europe Wind Energy Exploitation – Research and demonstration of wind energy utilisation in complex terrain and under specific local wind systems'. |
| Wind power forecasts in complex terrain, 2007 to 2009: Research project with the aim to develop a fore- and nowcasting system for wind power in the complex Swss terrain. The project was sponsered by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy and carried out in collaboration with MeteoSwiss. |
| Wind power forecasts in Romania, 2007 to 2009: Research project with the aim to develop and evaluate a power forecasting system based on the WRF weather model. |
| COST Action 727: Alpine Test Site Gütsch, 2005 to 2008. Meteotest takes part in the Swiss research project "Alpine Test Site Gütsch: Meteorological measurements and wind turbine performance analysis" in the scope of COST Action 727: "Measuring and forecasting atmospheric icing on structures". |
| Within the Interreg IIIB procect "Alpine Windharvest" (2002–2005) Meteotest leads the work package "Digital Relief Analysis" and produces a wind map of the whole Alpine area. Additionally, SODAR measurements and CFD modeling were performed from Slovenia to France. |
Publications
- Vereisungskarte der Schweiz. Abschlussbericht des durch das BFE geförderten Projekts, 2010. S. Dierer, R. Cattin, P. Steiner, T. Grünewald, W. Steinkogler, M. Lehning. PDF (5.9 MB)
- Modelling the Risk of Icing - Mapping and forecasting icing on structures, Windtech International 2010. S. Dierer, R. Cattin, T. Grünewald, M. Lehning, P. Steiner. PDF (4.6 MB)
- Atmospheric icing - a challenge in site assessment, EWEC 2010. S. Dierer, T. Grünewald, R. Cattin, P. Steiner, M. Lehning. PDF (1.3 MB)
- Eispeiseprognosen für neue erneuerbare Energien. Abschlussbericht des durch das BFE geförderten Projekts. S. Dierer, J. Remund, R. Cattin, T. Koller, Ph. Strasser. PDF (1.9 MB)
- Turbulence intensity and high wind speeds above complex terrain: measurements and CFD-modelling, DEWEK 2010. S. Bourgeois, H. Winkelmeier, C. Meissner. PDF (740 kB)
- Modelling the risk of icing, EWEC 2009. S. Dierer, R. Cattin, A. Heimo, B.E. Nygaard, K. Säntti. PDF (3.0 MB)
- Wind power predictions for Switzerland: the performance of different downscaling methods for complex terrain, EWEC 2009. S. Dierer, J. Remund, B. Schaffner, V. Stauch, C. Hug. PDF (730 kB)
- Windleistungsprognosen in komplexem Gelände, Fachtagung Energiemeteorologie Grainau 2009. S. Dierer, B. Schaffner, J. Remund, V. Stauch, C. Hug. PDF (1.5 MB)
- CFD Modeling of the Vertical Wind Profile and the Turbulence Structure above Complex Vertical Terrain and Validation with SODAR and LIDAR Measurements, EWEC 2009. S. Bourgeois, R. Cattin, H. Winkelmeier, I. Locker. PDF (520 kB)
- COST-727 ACTION: Measurements and Simulations, TECO 2008. R. Cattin, S. Dierer, B.E. Nygaard, K. Säntti, B. Wareing. PDF (710 kB)
- Two Years of Monitoring of a Wind Turbine under Icing Conditions, DEWEK 2008. R. Cattin, S. Kunz, A. Heimo, M. Russi, G. Russi. PDF (230 kB)
- CFD Modeling of the Vertical Wind Profile and the Turbulence Structure above Complex Terrain and Validation with SODAR and LIDAR Measurements, DEWEK 2008. S. Bourgeois, R. Cattin, H. Winkelmeier, Ian Locker. PDF (590 kB)
- An improved approach for the determination of in-cloud icing at wind turbine sites, EWEC 2008. R. Cattin, S.Kunz, A. Heimo, R. Oechslin, M. Russi. PDF (680 kB)
- Analysis of the vertical wind profile at a Bora-dominated site in Bosnia based on SODAR and ZephIR LIDAR measurements, EWEC 2008. S. Bourgeois, R. Cattin, I. Locker, H. Winkelmeier. PDF (470 kB)
- Alpine Test Site Guetsch, Meteorological measurements and wind turbine performance analysis, IWAIS 2007. R. Cattin, A. Heimo, S. Kunz, G. Russi, M. Russi, M. Tiefgraber, S. Schaffner, B. E. Nygaard. PDF (890 kB)
- Measuring and forecasting atmospheric icing on structures, TECO 2007. A. Heimo, B. Tammelin, S. Fikke, L. Makkonen, S. Kunz, R. Cattin. PDF (827 kB)
- Wind turbine ice throw studies in the Swiss Alps, EWEC 2007. R. Cattin, S. Kunz, A. Heimo, G. Russi, M. Russi, M. Tiefgraber. PDF (976 kB)
- COST-727, Atmospheric Icing on Structures: 2006, Measurements and data collection on icing: State of the Art, Publication of MeteoSwiss, 75, 110 pp. PDF (3'229 kB)
- Alpine test site Gütsch: monitoring of a wind turbine under icing conditions, DEWEK 2006. R. Cattin, S. Kunz, A. Heimo, G. Russi, M. Russi, M. Tiefgraber. PDF (625 kB)
- The Alpine Space Wind Map, EWEC 2006. B. Schaffner, J. Remund, R. Cattin, S. Kunz. PDF (6'965 kB)
- Validation of CFD Wind Resource Modeling in Highly Complex Terrain, EWEC 2006. R. Cattin, B. Schaffner, S. Kunz. PDF (1'003 kB)
- Wind Modeling in Mountains: Intercomparison and Validation of Models, EWEC 2003. B. Schaffner, A.R. Gravdahl. PDF (1'066 kB)
- Wind measurements and modeling in the Swiss Alps, BOREAS 2003. R. Cattin, B. Schaffner, S. Kunz and R. Horbaty. PDF (633 kB)
- Wind modeling in mountainous terrain: validation by SODAR, DEWEK 2002. R. Cattin, B. Schaffner, M. Buzzi, S. Kunz. PDF (365 kB)
- Reliability of empirical determination of wind resources, EWEC 2001. R. Cattin, B. Schaffner, S. Gammeter, S. Kunz. PDF (117 kB)
- How to Build Global Wind Maps, EWEC 2001. J. Sander, S. Kunz. PDF (186 kB)