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Contents of the Wind Atlas for the Gulf of Suez

The Atlas is divided into six chapters, each intended for readers with different areas of interest – from laymen to professional meteorologists:

1    Introduction to the Wind Atlas

Contents of Introduction: Executive summary • Preface and acknowledgements • Wind atlas analysis • Meso-scale modelling

2    Wind resources of the Gulf of Suez

Contents of Chapter 2: General circulation • Previous investigations • The wind climate of the Gulf of Suez • Application of the wind atlas.

3    Wind statistics and climatologies

Contents of Chapter 3: The station description • Raw data summaries • The wind climatological fingerprint • Regional climatology and mean values • Station statistics and climatologies 1992-2001 • Station statistics and climatologies 2000-2001.

4    Meso-scale modelling

Contents of Chapter 4: Model domain • Initial data • Modelling results.

5    Other climate statistics

Contents of Chapter 5: Atmospheric pressure • Solar radiation • Air temperature • Surface temperature • Atmospheric stability • Wind speed profiles • Extreme wind speeds • Gustiness of the wind • Turbulence characteristics.

6    The Wind Atlas methodology

Contents of Chapter 6: The physical basis • The roughness change model • The shelter model • The orographic model • The statistical basis • The Wind Atlas analysis model • The Wind Atlas application model • References.

Appendices

Contents of Appendices: The meteorological stations • The meteorological data base • Climatological tables and graphs • WAsP version and configuration.

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