Regional wind energy assessment technique with applications

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1563-1574

  Tarawneh, Qassem Y ^a   Şahin, Ahmet D ^b  

^a Jordan Meteorological Department   (Jordan)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cumulative semivariogram; Estimation; Jordan; Semivariogram; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NATURAL RESOURCES; THERMAL EFFECTS; TROPOSPHERE;

STANDARD REGIONAL DEPENDENCE FUNCTION (SRDF);

WIND POWER;

EID: 0037408793     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(02)00164-4     Document Type: Article

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