Atmospheric circulation effects on wind speed variability at turbine height

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 445-456

  Klink, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LARGE-SCALE CLIMATIC DATASETS; NORTH-SOUTH PRESSURE GRADIENT; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICAN (PNA) CIRCULATION INDEX; WIND SPEED VARIABILITY;

WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; EL NINO; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249034614     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2466.1     Document Type: Article

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