Using airborne and satellite SAR for wake mapping offshore

Wind Energy

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 437-455

  Christiansen, Merete B ^a   Hasager, Charlotte B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Offshore wind farms; Remote sensing; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR); Wakes; Wind mapping

Indexed keywords

COSTS; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WAKES; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; WAKE DISPERSION; WIND MAPPING;

OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS;

COSTS; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WAKES; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

AIRBORNE SENSING; COASTAL ZONE; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGING METHOD; INSTALLATION; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA;

EID: 33748538664     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.196     Document Type: Article

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