Comprehensive empirical analysis of ERA-40 surface wind speed distribution over Europe

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2142-2151

  Kiss, Péter ^a   Jánosi, Imre M ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

ERA 40 re analysis; Generalized gamma distribution; Weibull distribution; Wind energy; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; SPEED CONTROL; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

GENERALIZED GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; WIND SPEED;

WIND POWER;

EID: 44249123253     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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