Combining meteorological stations and satellite data to evaluate the offshore wind power resource of Southeastern Brazil

Renewable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2375-2387

  Pimenta, Felipe ^a   Kempton, Willett ^a   Garvine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Offshore buoys; QuikSCAT; Satellite; South America; Wind power resources

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENERGY POLICY; LANDFORMS; MAPS; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADAR STATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SATELLITES; TECHNOLOGY; TURBINES;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; (PL) PROPERTIES; COASTAL AREAS; DATA SETS; ELECTRIC DEMANDS; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS; OFFSHORE WIND POWER; POWER UNITS; PRACTICAL MEASURES; QUIKSCAT; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL; TIME RESOLUTIONS; TURBINE PERFORMANCES; WIND POWER DENSITY; WIND SPEED (WS);

WIND POWER;

ELECTRICAL POWER; METEOROLOGY; POWER GENERATION; QUIKSCAT; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 46449120869     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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