The Offshore Boundary-Layer Observatory (OBLO)
Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen
In collaboration with the Christian Michelsen Research AS, the University of Bergen provides and operates state-of-the-art instrumentation and measurement capabilities for a wide range of atmospheric and oceanographic parameters relevant for offshore wind energy application. The Offshore Read More ...
This site provides featured projects in which the OBLO infrastructure was used. If you would like to use some of the OBLO instrumentation, do not hesitate to contact us. This site is under construction. Read More ...
As national infrastructure, the OBLO instrumentation is in general available for the whole relevant research community in Norway. After the extended environmental tests of the measurement equipment, already finished for some of the new equipment, Read More ...
Cumulative list of peer-review publications related to the OBLO infrastructure: Kral, S. T., J. Reuder, T. Vihma, I Suomi, E. O’Connor, R. Kouznetsov, B. Wrenger, A. Rautenberg, G. Urbancic, M. O. Jonassen, L. Båserud, Read More ...
The OBLO project is admistrated by the University of Bergen in close collaboration with Christian Michelsen Reseach AS. Visiting address: University of Bergen Geophysical Institute Allégaten 70 5007 Bergen Postal address: University of Bergen Geophysical Read More ...
Welcome to the webpage of the Offshore Boundary-Layer Observatory!
Here you will find all relevant information about the OBLO infrastructure and the availability of the meteorological and oceanographic instrumentation.
The OBLO instrumentation is available for public and private research institutions dealing with wind energy. The project also offers services for planning and execution of field deployments and post-analysis of the gathered data.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions!