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Impacts of spatio-climatic variability on environment-hosted land-based renewables: Micro-climates

Reference	BBS/E/C/00005066
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Goetz Richter
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Rothamsted Research
Department	Rothamsted Research Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	15,209
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/01/2010
End date	31/03/2013
Duration	39 months

Abstract

Currently climate prediction models operate at much coarser scales than are required for renewable energy applications. Variations in the productivity of bio-energy crops, however, occur on the spatial scales of a catchment. The required downscaling of climate data is achieved using a variety of empirical techniques, the reliability of which decreases as the complexity of the terrain increases. In this project, we will use newly emerging techniques of very high resolution nested numerical modelling to develop a micro-climate model, which will be able to make predictions locally down to scales of less than one kilometre. Our (RES) objectives are [OBJ5.2] To quantify the effect of down-scaled meteorological data in complex terrain on crop development, growth, yield and harvestability (e.g. damage)?; and [OBJ6] To evaluate and cross-validate two different modelling approaches accommodating terrain effects on micro-meteorological bio-renewables from biological resources. In collaboration with the consortium partners we will conduct validation experiments for the new model-derived input data at [wind farm and] bio-energy crop sites and predict local yield variations of yield of bioenergy crops using an implicit and explicit approach to account for climatic variability.

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	Bioenergy, Crop Science, Plant Science
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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