Low level jets - A decisive factor for off-shore wind energy siting in the Baltic Sea

Wind Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 137-147

  Smedman, Ann Sofi ^a   Högström, Ulf ^a   Bergström, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOCATION; SPEED; TURBULENCE; WIND POWER; WIND STRESS; WIND TURBINES;

BALTIC SEA; LOW LEVEL JETS; OFF SHORE WIND ENERGY SITING; WIND FIELD;

JETS;

JETS; OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

JET; LOW LEVEL JET; TURBULENCE; WIND ENERGY; WIND FIELD; WIND SHEAR;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0030424464     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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