Assessment of wind energy potential for coastal locations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Energy

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1105-1115

  Rehman, Shafiqur ^a   Ahmad, Aftab ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; RIVERS;

SEASONAL CHANGES; WIND SPEED;

WIND POWER;

COASTAL ZONE; POWER GENERATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

COASTAL ZONE; POWER GENERATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 2342448482     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2004.02.026     Document Type: Article

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