Analysis of wind speed observations over the North Sea

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-69

  Coelingh, J P ^a   Van Wijk, A J M ^a   Holtslag, A A M ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DATA REDUCTION; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; SEAWATER; SPEED; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ANNUAL AND DIURNAL VARIATIONS; DIABATIC WIND PROFILE; LOGARITHMIC WIND PROFILE; MONIN-OBUKHOV SIMILARITY THEORY; NORTH SEA; OFFSHORE PLATFORMS; SEAWATER TEMPERATURE; SINE FUNCTION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND SPEED;

WIND;

OFFSHORE PLATFORMS; WIND SPEEDS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; OFFSHORE PLATFORM; SEAWATER TEMPERATURE; WIND SPEED;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030158080     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6105(96)00043-8     Document Type: Article

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