Computer simulation of atmospheric flows over real forests for wind energy resource evaluation

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 603-620

  Lopes da Costa, J C ^a   Castro, F A ^a   Palma, J M L M ^a   Stuart, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b RES Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy flows; Forests; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; CANOPY FLOWS; WIND FARMS; WIND FLOW;

WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE; WIND POWER;

AIR FLOW; ATMOSPHERE; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; WIND;

EID: 33747024573     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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