Investigation of wind characteristics and wind energy potential in Kirklareli, Turkey

Renewable Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1739-1752

  Gökçek, Murat ^a   Bayülken, Ahmet ^b   Bekdemir, Şükrü ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ki dotless rklareli; Turkey; Weibull distribution; Wind energy; Wind power

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; SHAPE PARAMETERS;

WIND POWER;

COMPUTATION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND POWER;

ENERGY RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SURVEYING; WIND POWER;

EURASIA; KIRKLARELI; TURKEY;

EID: 33847385945     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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