A study of valley winds using the MIUU meso-scale model

Wind Energy

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 109-129

  Bergström, Hans ^a   Juuso, Nikolaus ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Weather Section   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Channelling; Model; Observations; Wind

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

CHANNELLING; LOW-ALTITUDE TERRAIN; OBSERVATIONS; WIND MEASUREMENTS;

WIND;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; WIND; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MODEL; VALLEY; WIND;

EID: 33244460880     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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