Calculation of wind speed variation with height over the sea

Wind Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-286

  Högström, Ulf ^a   Smedman, Ann Sofi ^a   Bergström, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SPEED; SURFACE WAVES; WIND POWER;

MONIN-OBUKHOV SIMILARITY THEORY; WIND SPEED;

WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SPEED; SURFACE WAVES; WIND; WIND POWER;

EKMAN LAYER; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; SURFACE WAVE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33846289268     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/030952406779295480     Document Type: Article

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