Within the Polar Meteorology and Climate course at the University Center in Svalbard (UNIS) I got to work with Mathilde Bøkevoll, Laura Kruizenga and Vårin Følling Sørensen under the supervision of Arthur Garreau on the renewable energy at Kapp Linné based on our field work week at the beginning of September 2023.
This project brought us to deploy short and long wave radiation sensors around the newly built solar panel park of Isfjord Radio in order to provide a simulation of the potential of energy production during this week of field work.
We also got to work on the imagery of an all sky camera to measure the cloud coverage during the week.
This field work helped us to improve our skills in operating in the field in Svalbard while taking in consideration the different risk, including polar bear.
To conclude this project, we had to write a report in the same manner as a scientific article.
Pictures by Aleksey Shestov – UNIS, Mathilde Bøkevoll, Laura Kruizenga and Vårin Følling Sørensen.