Interannual Variability of Wind Speed and Wind Power at Five Tall-Tower Sites in Minnesota (1996-2001)

Physical Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-195

  Young, Jeffrey M ^a   Klink, Katherine ^a   Fisher, Helen D ^a   Force, Geoffrey K ^a   Thorpe, Joanna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Minnesota; Wind power; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ANNUAL VARIATION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0442297194     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.24.3.183     Document Type: Article

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