An eight month test campaign of the Qinetiq ZephIR system: Preliminary results

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 479-489

  Kindler, Detlef ^a   Oldroyd, Andrew ^b   MacAskill, Allan ^c   Finch, Danny ^d  

^a WINDTEST Kaiser Wilhelm Koog GmbH   (Germany)

^b Oldbaum Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Scottish and Southern Energy plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RADAR; WIND; WIND TURBINES;

LIDAR; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MORAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36248977658     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2007/0226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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