@Article{FreitasGoPeMiNoSiCa:2022:EvWiWa,
               author = "Freitas, Ismael Guidson Farias de and Gomes, Helber Barros and 
                         Peņa, Malaquias and Mitsopoulos, Panagiotis and Nova, Thayna Silva 
                         Vila and Silva, K{\'e}cia Maria Roberto da and Calheiros, Alan 
                         James Peixoto",
          affiliation = "{Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG)} and {Universidade 
                         Federal de Alagoas (UFAL)} and {University of Connecticut} and 
                         {University of Connecticut} and {Universidade Federal de Campina 
                         Grande (UFCG)} and {Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL)} and 
                         {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Evaluation of Wind and Wave Estimates from CMEMS Reanalysis for 
                         Brazil\’s Offshore Energy Resource Assessment",
              journal = "Wind",
                 year = "2022",
               volume = "2",
               number = "3",
                pages = "586--598",
             keywords = "CMEMS reanalysis, wind and significant wave height, Weibull 
                         distribution, offshore wind energy, Brazil coastal zone.",
             abstract = "This study aims to evaluate wind speed and significant wave height 
                         data from the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service 
                         (CMEMS) reanalysis using buoy measurements for offshore energy 
                         application off the east coast of Brazil. Such analysis has become 
                         important, since reanalysis datasets can be fundamental tools in 
                         identifying regions with wind energy potential that are suitable 
                         for the installation of offshore farms. Two sets of reanalysis 
                         were used: wind speed (with spatial resolution of 0.25\◦ 
                         and temporal resolution of 6 h) and significant wave height (with 
                         spatial resolution of 0.2\◦ and temporal resolution of 3 
                         h). For validation, seven MetOcean buoys were selected. In the 
                         statistical validation, Pearsons correlation, coefficient of 
                         determination (R2 ), slope of the straight line, root mean square 
                         error (RMSE), mean square error (MSE), probability density 
                         function (PDF), mean and standard deviation were calculated. In 
                         the evaluation of offshore wind energy resources, the calculation 
                         of energy density was performed. The results showed correlations 
                         above 0.70 for wind speed and above 0.91 for significant wave 
                         height, and additionally, the RMSE values showed maximums of 2.31 
                         m/s for wind speed and 0.28 cm for significant wave height. In the 
                         PDF comparison of buoy data and reanalysis, similarities were 
                         observed, mainly in the PDF parameters. The energy density 
                         presented values consistent with other studies (352461 W/m2 ). The 
                         results show that the reanalysis data can be applicable in studies 
                         focusing on offshore wind potential.",
                  doi = "10.3390/wind2030031",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/wind2030031",
                 issn = "2674-032X",
                label = "lattes: 5419406895036725 7 FreitasGoPeMiNoSiCa:2022:EvWiWa",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "wind-02-00031-v2.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "06 jun. 2024"
}