Dr Merlinde Kay
BSc (Hons) UNSW, PhD (Physics) UNSW
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Teaching Areas
- Wind Energy
- Sustainable Energy
Research Interests
- The effects of weather and climate on renewable technologies
- Weather forecasting
- Wind forecasting
- Effects of aerosol particulates on solar technology
Selected Publications
- Kay M, N. Cutler, A. Micolich, I. MacGill and H. Outhred ‘Emerging Challenges in Wind Energy Forecasting for Australia’, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal., vol 58,2 99-106 (2009)
- Cutler N., H. Outhred, I. MacGill, M. Kay and J. Keppert, ‘Characterizing Future Large, Rapid Changes in Aggregated Wind Power using Numerical Weather Prediction Spatial Fields’ Wind Energ., (2008) DOI: 10.1002/we.312
- Cutler, N., Jacka, K., Nielsen, T.S., and M. Kay, ‘Detecting, categorizing and forecasting large ramps in wind farm power output using meteorological observations and WPPT’, Wind Energy, vol 10, 5, 453- 470.(2007)
- Box M.A., G.P.Box, M.J. Kay, M. Kuzmanoski, G. Taha, and D. Cohen, ‘Physical, chemical and radiative properties of aerosols in Sydney, Australia’, Aust. Met. Magazine 51, 223-228 (2002).
- Kay M.J., M.A. Box, and T. Trautmann, ‘An efficient method to increase vertical resolution of actinic flux calculations in clouds’, J. Geophys. Res. 107, D19, 2001JD001581 (citation no. 4405), (2002).
- Kay M.J., M.A. Box, T. Trautmann and J. Landgraf, ‘Actinic flux and net flux calculations in radiative transfer – A comparative study of computational Efficiency’, J. Atmos. Sci. 58, 3752-3761 (2001).
- Kay M.J. and M.A. Box, ‘Radiative effects of absorbing aerosols and the impact of water vapour’, J. Geophys. Res. 105, 12221-12234 (2000).