Using satellite SAR in offshore wind resource assessment

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 565, 2004, Pages 33-38

  Furevik, B R ^a   Hasager, C B ^b   Nielsen, M ^b   Hamre, T ^a   Jorgensen B H ^b   Rathmann, O ^b   Johannessen, O M ^a,c  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND; WIND POWER;

OFFSHORE WIND; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WIND MAPS; WIND MEASUREMENTS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 18544413130     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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