Offshore wind power assessment on the east coast of Saudi Arabia

Wind Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 409-420

  Rehman, Shafiqur ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; WIND EFFECTS;

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION; OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER ASSESSMENT;

WIND POWER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

WIND POWER;

EID: 33644797465     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: 0309524X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/030952405775992643     Document Type: Article

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