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Part I Why Should the Energy Industry be Concerned About Weather Patterns? |
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A New Era for Energy and Meteorology |
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3 | (14) |
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1 The Energy Picture Today |
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3 | (3) |
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2 Vulnerability of Energy Systems to the Current Climate |
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6 | (2) |
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3 Transforming Our Energy System: Challenges and Opportunities |
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8 | (2) |
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4 A Step-Change in Meteorology and Energy Linkages |
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10 | (4) |
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14 | (3) |
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14 | (3) |
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Climate Risk Management Approaches in the Electricity Sector: Lessons from Early Adapters |
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17 | (48) |
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1 The Need to Strengthen the Resilience of Electricity Systems in Developing Countries |
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20 | (3) |
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2 Existing Research on Climate Data and Information, Associated Risks, and Adaptation Solutions |
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23 | (10) |
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3 Early Adaptation Efforts in the Electricity Sector |
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33 | (16) |
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4 Current Focus of Adaptation Efforts and Gaps |
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49 | (7) |
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5 Lessons Learnt and the Way Forward |
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56 | (3) |
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59 | (6) |
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62 | (3) |
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Climatic Changes: Looking Back, Looking Forward |
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65 | (26) |
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65 | (3) |
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68 | (5) |
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3 Historical Climate Relevant to Energy |
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73 | (6) |
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4 Projected Climate Changes Relevant to Energy |
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79 | (6) |
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5 Extreme Weather Events Relevant to Energy |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (5) |
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87 | (4) |
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Renewable Energy and Climate Change Mitigation: An Overview of the IPCC Special Report |
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91 | (22) |
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92 | (1) |
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2 Trends and Future Scenarios |
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93 | (3) |
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3 Climate Change Impacts on Renewable Resources |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (4) |
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103 | (3) |
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6 Sustainable Development |
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106 | (2) |
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7 Co-Benefits, Barriers and Policies |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (4) |
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110 | (3) |
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Part II How is the Energy Industry Meteorology-Proofing Itself? |
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Improving Resilience Challenges and Linkages of the Energy Industry in Changing Climate |
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113 | (20) |
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113 | (2) |
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115 | (2) |
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3 Infrastructure Components |
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117 | (2) |
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4 Potential Risk to the Infrastructure |
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119 | (2) |
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5 Business Preparedness: Infrastructure and Corporate Resilience |
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121 | (6) |
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6 Information Gap Analysis in Climate Science |
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127 | (1) |
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7 Market Mitigation 2020/2050 |
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127 | (1) |
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8 Linking Meteorology, Climate and Energy |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (4) |
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130 | (3) |
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Combining Meteorological and Electrical Engineering Expertise to Solve Energy Management Problems |
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133 | (22) |
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133 | (1) |
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2 The Meteorological Demand from Energy Community |
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134 | (1) |
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3 Climate Change Impact on the Electric System |
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135 | (4) |
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4 Forecasting "Weather Energy" |
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139 | (3) |
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5 Weather Risks for the Power System |
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142 | (10) |
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152 | (3) |
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153 | (2) |
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Weather and Climate Impacts on Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) |
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155 | (22) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (1) |
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3 Characteristics of Weather-Dependent Generation |
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158 | (6) |
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4 Operational Considerations |
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164 | (4) |
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5 Planning for the Longer Term |
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168 | (6) |
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174 | (3) |
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175 | (2) |
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Bioenergy, Weather and Climate Change in Africa: Leading Issues and Policy Options |
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177 | (24) |
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177 | (1) |
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2 Africa's Energy Profile and Vulnerability to Climate Change |
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178 | (5) |
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3 Bioenergy Vis-a-Vis Other Renewables: The Significance of Weather |
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183 | (1) |
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4 Bioenergy: Climate Opportunities and Risks |
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184 | (3) |
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5 The Direct and Indirect Impacts of Weather/Climate Change |
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187 | (4) |
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6 Main Policy Issues and Options |
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191 | (5) |
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196 | (5) |
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196 | (5) |
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Part III What can Meteorology Offer to the Energy Industry? |
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Weather and Climate Information Delivery within National and International Frameworks |
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201 | (20) |
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201 | (1) |
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2 The Nature of Weather and Climate |
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202 | (2) |
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3 Meteorological and Related Services |
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204 | (4) |
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4 The National Meteorological Service System |
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208 | (3) |
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5 The Global Framework for Meteorological Service Provision |
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211 | (3) |
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214 | (4) |
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218 | (3) |
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218 | (3) |
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Meteorology and the Energy Sector |
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221 | (16) |
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221 | (1) |
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2 Factors Affecting Electricity Production |
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222 | (2) |
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3 The Energy Sector's Requirement for Meteorological Services |
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224 | (3) |
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4 Overview: Uses of Meteorological Information in the Energy Sector |
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227 | (2) |
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5 An Energy Sector Case Study: Solar Resource Assessment |
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229 | (3) |
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6 A New Global Information Service |
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232 | (1) |
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7 Components of the Global Framework for Climate Services |
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233 | (1) |
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8 Some Concluding Remarks |
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234 | (3) |
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234 | (3) |
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Earth Observation in Support of the Energy Sector |
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237 | (20) |
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1 The View from Space: A Unique Perspective to Help the Energy Sector |
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237 | (5) |
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2 EO Demonstration Pilot Projects in Support of the Energy Sector |
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242 | (11) |
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253 | (4) |
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254 | (3) |
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Emerging Meteorological Requirements to Support High Penetrations of Variable Renewable Energy Sources: Solar Energy |
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257 | (18) |
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258 | (1) |
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2 Global Trends in PV Development |
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258 | (2) |
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3 Perspectives from the Utility Industry |
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260 | (2) |
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4 Challenges for the Solar Resource Community |
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262 | (10) |
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5 Summary and Conclusions |
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272 | (3) |
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273 | (2) |
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Current Status and Challenges in Wind Energy Assessment |
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275 | (20) |
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276 | (1) |
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276 | (7) |
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3 Dynamical Downscaling for Wind Applications Using Meteorological Models |
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283 | (8) |
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291 | (4) |
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292 | (3) |
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295 | (24) |
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1 The Need for Renewable Energy Power Forecasts |
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295 | (2) |
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2 A System's Approach to Forecasting |
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297 | (3) |
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3 Numerical Weather Prediction |
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300 | (2) |
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4 Statistical Postprocessing |
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302 | (5) |
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307 | (3) |
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6 Utility Grid Integration |
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310 | (5) |
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315 | (4) |
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316 | (3) |
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Regional Climate Modelling for the Energy Sector |
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319 | (16) |
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319 | (4) |
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323 | (6) |
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3 Application of Regional Climate Models for the Energy Industry |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (5) |
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331 | (4) |
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In Search of the Best Possible Weather Forecast for the Energy Industry |
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335 | (18) |
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335 | (1) |
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2 What Makes a `Good' Forecast? |
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336 | (2) |
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3 The Fallacy of Accuracy |
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338 | (3) |
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4 The Value of a Probability Forecast |
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341 | (6) |
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5 Best Versus Most Useful |
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347 | (1) |
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348 | (5) |
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349 | (4) |
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Part IV How is the Energy Industry Applying State-of-the-Science Meteorology? |
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A Probabilistic View of Weather, Climate, and the Energy Industry |
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353 | (26) |
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353 | (2) |
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355 | (2) |
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3 Probability Forecasts of Atmospheric Events |
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357 | (11) |
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4 Modeling Probabilities of Business Results |
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368 | (5) |
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5 Atmospheric Informatics |
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373 | (4) |
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377 | (2) |
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377 | (2) |
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Weather and Climate and the Power Sector: Needs, Recent Developments and Challenges |
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379 | (20) |
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1 Introduction: The Power Sector is Increasingly Weather Dependent |
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380 | (3) |
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2 Probabilistic Temperature Forecasts of a Few Days to One Month |
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383 | (4) |
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3 Improvement in Monthly River Flow Forecasts |
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387 | (3) |
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4 Some Challenging Problems |
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390 | (6) |
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5 Conclusion: Importance of Collaboration Between Users and Providers |
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396 | (3) |
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396 | (3) |
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Unlocking the Potential of Renewable Energy with Storage |
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399 | (14) |
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399 | (6) |
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405 | (2) |
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3 A Case Study: Wind Farm Smoothing |
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407 | (3) |
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4 A More Advanced Algorithm |
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410 | (1) |
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5 Advanced Algorithm Results |
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410 | (1) |
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411 | (2) |
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412 | (1) |
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Improving NWP Forecasts for the Wind Energy Sector |
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413 | (16) |
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414 | (1) |
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2 Wind Farm Data and the Forecast Model Used in This Study |
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415 | (3) |
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3 Bias Correction Methodology |
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418 | (2) |
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420 | (7) |
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427 | (2) |
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427 | (2) |
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Overview of Irradiance and Photovoltaic Power Prediction |
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429 | (26) |
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429 | (2) |
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2 Typical Outline of PV Power Prediction Systems |
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431 | (2) |
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433 | (7) |
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4 Evaluation of Irradiance Forecasts |
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440 | (7) |
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447 | (3) |
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6 Evaluation of PV Power Forecasts |
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450 | (2) |
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452 | (3) |
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453 | (2) |
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Spatial and Temporal Variability in the UK Wind Resource: Scales, Controlling Factors and Implications for Wind Power Output |
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455 | (12) |
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455 | (1) |
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456 | (1) |
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3 Analysis of 10 m Station Measurements |
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457 | (1) |
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458 | (6) |
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464 | (3) |
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464 | (3) |
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Reducing the Energy Consumption of Existing Residential Buildings, for Climate Change and Scarce Resource Scenarios in 2050 |
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467 | (30) |
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467 | (2) |
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469 | (9) |
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478 | (4) |
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482 | (7) |
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489 | (8) |
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490 | (7) |
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Energy and Meteorology: Partnership for the Future |
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497 | (16) |
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497 | (3) |
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2 Current Forms of Meteorological Service Provision |
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500 | (3) |
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3 Challenges Faced by the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services |
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503 | (2) |
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4 Energy Services: Current and Future Trends |
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505 | (1) |
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5 Energy and Meteorology Interaction |
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506 | (1) |
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507 | (6) |
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509 | (4) |
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