Meteorology for Wind Energy – An Introduction

Lars Landberg, DNV GL (formerly Garrad Hassan), Copenhagen, Denmark Lars is one of the most renowned experts of wind resources and wind energy in the world, having worked in this area for over 24 years. He was Head of Wind Energy Department at Risoe National Laboratory (now Danish Technical University), Roskilde, Denmark. He has a PhD in Physics/Geophysics and has developed and was the primary force behind the industry standard wind flow model known as WASP (Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program) in its formative and subsequent years of software development A passionate proponent of his subject, he has taught a course on 'Meteorology with Wind Energy in Mind' to mainly professional practitioners since 2007.