Modelling of weather characteristics and wind power in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 805-812

  Al Garni, Ahmed Z ^a   Sahin, Ahmet Z ^a   Al Farayedhi, Abdulghani ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dust; Energy; Environment; Fog; Humidity; Saudi Arabia; Temperature; Weather; Wind; Wind power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005035161     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(199907)23:9<805::AID-ER516>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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