Does representative wind information exist?

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 65, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Wieringa, J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; DATA ACQUISITION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METEOROLOGY; STANDARDIZATION;

METEOROLOGICAL DATA;

WIND;

DATA; WIND MEASUREMENT;

WEATHER DATA; WIND MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030372347     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(97)00017-2     Document Type: Article

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