The Kinetic Energy Budget of the Atmosphere (KEBA) model 1.0:  a simple yet physical approach for estimating regional wind energy resource potentials that includes the kinetic  energy removal effect by wind turbines

Kleidon, Axel; Miller, Lee M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4993-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4993-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4993-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 10

Model description paper

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22 Oct 2020

Model description paper |

| 22 Oct 2020

The Kinetic Energy Budget of the Atmosphere (KEBA) model 1.0: a simple yet physical approach for estimating regional wind energy resource potentials that includes the kinetic energy removal effect by wind turbines

Axel Kleidon and Lee M. Miller

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript "The Kinetic Energy Budget of the Atmosphere (KEBA) model 1.0: A simple yet physical approach for estimating regional wind energy resource potentials that includes the kinetic energy removal effect by wind turbines"', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 May 2020
RC2: 'A helpful tool, but numbers need grouding', Daniel Kirk-Davidoff, 17 Jul 2020
AC1: 'Response to both comments', Axel Kleidon, 24 Jul 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Axel Kleidon on behalf of the Authors (28 Jul 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (09 Aug 2020) by Simon Unterstrasser

AR by Axel Kleidon on behalf of the Authors (24 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (31 Aug 2020) by Simon Unterstrasser

AR by Axel Kleidon on behalf of the Authors (31 Aug 2020)

Short summary

When winds are used as renewable energy by more and more wind turbines, one needs to account for the effect of wind turbines on the atmospheric flow. The Kinetic Energy Budget of the Atmosphere (KEBA) model provides a simple, physics-based approach to account for this effect very well when compared to much more detailed numerical simulations with an atmospheric model. KEBA should be useful to derive lower, more realistic wind energy resource potentials of different regions.