Analysis of height variations of sodar-derived wind speeds in Northern Spain

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 875-894

  Perez I A ^a   Garcia M A ^a   Sanchez M L ^a   de Torre, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Sodar; Weibull statistics; Wind characteristics; Wind data; Wind speed distribution

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND POWER;

PERSISTENCE ANALYSIS; WIND SPEED ANALYSIS;

AERODYNAMICS;

SODAR; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND ENGINEERING; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

SODAR; WEIBULL THEORY; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 3042582457     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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