Wind shear coefficients and energy yield for Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Renewable Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 738-749

  Rehman, Shafiqur ^a   Al Abbadi, Naif M ^b  

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

^b King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Energy Research Institute   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Air density; Wind energy; Wind farm; Wind power potential; Wind shear coefficients; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WIND TURBINES;

AIR DENSITY; WIND FARM; WIND POWER POTENTIAL; WIND SHEAR COEFFICIENTS; WIND SPEED;

WIND POWER;

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER; WIND SHEAR; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

ASH SHARQIYAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; ASIA; DHAHRAN; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33751221901     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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