Wind climate simulation over complex terrain and wind turbine energy output estimation

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 129-139

  Mengelkamp, H T ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; WIND FIELD; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

GERMANY;

EID: 0032753169     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050098     Document Type: Article

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