Wind turbulence and atmospheric stability - Their effect on wind turbine output

Renewable Energy

Volumn 16, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 908-911

  Rohatgi, Janardan ^a   Barbezier, Gil ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atmospheric stability; Planetary boundary layer; Wind turbines; Wind turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; WIND TURBINES;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS;

WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERE; STABILITY; TURBULENCE; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 0040962770     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00308-5     Document Type: Article

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