Potential climate change impact on wind energy resources in northern Europe: Analyses using a regional climate model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 815-835

  Pryor, S C ^a,b   Barthelmie, R J ^a,b   Kjellstrom E ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY RESOURCE; WIND POWER;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 27744500009     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-005-0072-x     Document Type: Article

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