By Associate Professor Merlinde Jacqueline Kay

Journal articles

Kay MJ; Box MA; Trautmann T, 2002, 'An efficient method to increase vertical resolution of actinic flux calculations in clouds', Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, pp. 4405 - 4409, http://www.agu.org/journals/jd/jd0219/2001JD001581/

Box MA; Box GP; Kay MJ; Kuzmanoski M; Taha G; Cohen D, 2002, 'Physical, chemical and radiative properties of aerosols in Sydney, Australia', Australian Meteorological Magazine, 51, pp. 223 - 228, http://www.bom.gov.au/amm/papers.php?year=2002

Kay MJ; Box MA; Trautmann T; Landgraf J, 2001, 'Actinic flux and net flux calculations in radiative transfer - A comparative study of computational efficiency', Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 58, pp. 3752 - 3761, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(2001)0582.0.CO;2

Kay MJ; Box MA, 2000, 'Radiative effects of absorbing aerosols and the impact of water vapor', Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, pp. 12221 - 12234, http://www.agu.org/journals/jd/v105/iD10/2000JD900065/2000JD900065.pdf

Conference Papers

Yang Y; Menictas C; Bremner S; Kay M, 2018, 'A Comparison Study of Dispatching Various Battery Technologies in a Hybrid PV and Wind Power Plant', in IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PESGM.2018.8585803

Yang Y; Bremner S; Menictas C; Meng K; Dong ZY; Kay M, 2018, 'An economic optimization for BESS sizing in a hybrid PV and wind power plant', in 2017 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia: Smart Grid for Smart Community, ISGT-Asia 2017, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2017.8378353

Yang Y; Bremner S; Menictas C; Meng K; Dong ZY; Kay M, 2017, 'An Economic Optimization for BESS Sizing in a Hybrid PV and Wind Power Plant', in 2017 IEEE INNOVATIVE SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES - ASIA (ISGT-ASIA), IEEE, NEW ZEALAND, Univ Auckland, Auckland, pp. 220 - 225, presented at 7th IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT-Asia), NEW ZEALAND, Univ Auckland, Auckland, 04 December 2017 - 07 December 2017, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000435854300040&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Law E; Kay M; Taylor R, 2014, 'Assessing the economic benefit of forecasting concentrated solar thermal energy output', in Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Conference, Australian Solar Energy Society (Australian Solar Council) Melbourne May 2014, Melbourne, VIC, presented at Solar 2014 Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC, 08 May 2014 - 09 May 2014, http://solar.org.au/papers/14papers/%2324_final.pdf

Corkish RP; Bremner S; Bruce A; Duo H; Hawkes E; Kay MJ; Lennon AJ; Sproul AB; Spooner ED; Shrestha SK; Stapleton G; Uddin A; Watt ME; Wentworth D, 2010, 'Renewable Energy Education at UNSW', AuSES (Australian Solar Energy Society), Canberra, presented at Solar 2010: 48th ANZSES Annual Conference, Canberra, 01 December 2010 - 03 December 2010, http://www.auses.org.au/conference/

Boerema N; Kay MJ; MacGill IF, 2010, 'Renewable energy integration into the Australian National Electricity Market: Characterising the energy value of wind and solar generation', in Solar 2010, Australian Solar Energy Society, Canberra, Australia, presented at Solar 2010, Canberra, Australia, 01 December 2010 - 03 December 2010

Kay MJ; MacGill IF, 2010, 'Improving weather forecasts for wind energy applications', in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Sciences, IOP Publishing Ltd, Bristol UK, presented at 17th National Conference of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 27 January 2010 - 29 January 2010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/11/1/012009

Conference Posters

Prasad A; Kay M, 2019, 'Impact of sub-grid clouds on solar irradiance predictions on days of high intermittency', Copenhagen, Denmark, presented at 6th International Conference Energy & Meteorology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 24 June 2019 - 27 June 2019

Conference Presentations

Prasad A; Nishant N; Kay M, 2022, 'Reduction in solar energy due to soiling from dust in Australia', presented at 13th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Christchurch, New Zealand, 08 February 2022 - 17 February 2022

Prasad A; Kay M; Bremner S, 2021, 'Synergy characteristics of Solar Photovoltaics-Wind-Battery Hybrid Systems in Australia', presented at Environmental Research Conference 2021, Virtual, 15 November 2021 - 19 November 2021

Prasad A; Kay M, 2021, 'Prediction of Solar Energy using Near-Real Time Satellite Data', presented at 28th AMOS Annual Conference, Remote, 08 February 2021 - 12 February 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14185865

Prasad A; Kay M, 2020, 'Short-term satellite irradiance forecast model', presented at 27th AMOS Annual Meeting and International Conference on Indian Ocean Meteorology and Oceanography (AMOS 2020), Fremantle, Western Australia, 10 February 2020 - 14 February 2020

Prasad A; Kay M, 2019, 'Impact of sub-grid clouds on solar irradiance predictions.', presented at AMOS Annual Meeting and International Conference on Tropical Meteorology and Oceanography, Darwin, Australia, 10 June 2019 - 14 July 2019

Prasad AA; Kay M, 2018, 'Assessment of solar irradiance predictions using WRF on days of high intermittency', presented at AMOS-ICSHMO Conference 2018, Sydney, Australia, 05 February 2018 - 09 February 2018

Prasad AA; Kay MJ, 2016, 'Spatio-temporal synergy between solar and wind energy resources in Australia', presented at AMOS/ARCCSS National Conference 2016, Melbourne, Australia, 08 February 2016 - 11 February 2016

Prasad AA; Kay MJ, 2015, 'Assessment for solar and wind synergy in Australia', presented at 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2015), Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia, 29 November 2015 - 04 December 2015

Prasad A; Kay MJ, 2015, 'Synergy between Solar and Wind Energy in Australia.', presented at AMOS National Conference 2015, Brisbane, Australia, 15 July 2015 - 17 August 2015

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