Climate change impacts on wind speeds and wind energy density in Northern Europe: Empirical downscaling of multiple AOGCMs

Climate Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-198

  Pryor, S C ^a   Schoof, J T ^a,c   Barthelmie, R J ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AOGCM; Climate projections; Empirical downscaling; Wind speeds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; WEIBULL THEORY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 27744553526     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr029183     Document Type: Article

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