Comparison of offshore wind park sites using SAR wind measurement techniques

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-110

  Schneiderhan, Tobias ^a   Lehner, Susanne ^a   Schulz Stellenfleth, Johannes ^a   Horstmann, Jochen ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND;

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; HIGH RESOLUTION SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGES; OFF-SHORE WIND PARKS; SATELLITE IMAGES; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND MEASUREMENT;

OFFSHORE WIND FARMS;

ERS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RADAR IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; SHALLOW WATER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FARM; WIND FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA;

EID: 22244441505     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482705001659     Document Type: Article

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