Establishment of an offshore wind monitoring station for investigating meteorological aspects of offshore wind power generation

本研究的目的是：1)了解日本沿海海域特有的海上风特征，2)评估中尺度模式模拟风的精度，3)评估星载合成孔径雷达估算风的精度，4)开发海上风预报系统，这些都是促进日本海上风力发电所必需的。利用京都大学防灾研究所白滨海洋观测站的海上平台作为海上风监测站。通过这项研究，获得了许多关于日本沿海海域海上风特征和风速估计精度的重要结果。

This research was conducted in the aim of 1) understanding of offshore wind characteristics peculiar to Japanese coastal waters, 2) evaluating the accuracy of the winds simulated with a mesoscale model, 3) evaluating the accuracy of the winds estimated from satellite-borne synthetic aperture radar, and 4) developing an offshore wind forecasting system, all of which are necessary for promoting offshore wind power generation in Japan, by utilizing the offshore platform of the Shirahama Oceanographic Observatory, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University as an offshore wind monitoring station. Many significant results regarding offshore wind characteristics in Japanese coastal waters and the accuracy of the wind speed estimations were obtained through this research.