The round robin site assessment method: A new approach to wind energy site assessment

Renewable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2019-2026

  Lackner, Matthew A ^a   Rogers, Anthony L ^a   Manwell, James F ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Amherst   (United States)

Author keywords

Measure correlate predict; Site assessment; Wind energy; Wind resource

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; OPTICAL RADAR; SITE SELECTION;

MEASURE-CORRELATE-PREDICT; SITE ASSESSMENT; WIND RESOURCE;

WIND POWER;

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; OPTICAL RADAR; SITE SELECTION; WIND POWER;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; SITE INVESTIGATION; WIND POWER;

EID: 42149149854     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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