Energy extraction implications of structurally significant velocity variation in tidal currents

OCEANS 2007 - Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Owen, A ^a   Bryden, I G ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current; Marine resource; Tidal; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW VELOCITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TIDES; TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; ENERGY EXTRACTION; EXPLOITABLE ENERGY; MARINE ENERGY; TIDAL CURRENTS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 36348939214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/oceanse.2007.4302409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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