The MiRadOr Project kicks off!

The Microwave Radiometer for the Detection and Assessment of Offshore Wind Resources (MiRadOr) project officially kicked off with a joined call and presentation from the partner consortium. MiRadOr seeks to investigate how microwave radiometers (MWR) technologies can be used to characterise atmospheric stability to better simulate wind profiles in maritime environments, with the ultimate goal of improving the assessment of offshore wind resources and enhancing operational efficiency of offshore wind parks.

The funded partners are Heidelberg University, Fraunhofer IWES and RPG Radiometer Physics GmbH. The Carbon Trust with the wind industry partners EnBW, RWE, TotalEnergies and Vattenfall are associated partners. MiRadOr is funded by „Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz “of the German government and supported by the industry partners. The ALIC2E team from the IUP leads the project and hosts the coordination office.

MiRadOr includes a year-long measurement campaign combining the latest in LiDAR and MWR observations in near-offshore conditions. During the campaign there will be an intense observing period of one month with regular launches of radiosondes. The intense observation period is currently being prepared. 

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