Calibration procedures and uncertainty in wind power anemometers

Wind Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 303-316

  Coquilla, Rachael V ^a   Obermeier, John ^a   White, Bruce R ^b  

^a Otech Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; ENGINES; ERRORS; FORECASTING; FUNCTIONS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); SPEED; STANDARDS; SURVEYS; TEST FACILITIES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TURBINES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

ANNUAL ENERGY PRODUCTION; CALIBRATION PROCEDURES; LINEAR TRANSFER FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTIES; POWER CURVES; SITE ASSESSMENTS; TURBINE POWER; WIND DATA; WIND MEASUREMENTS; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED MEASUREMENTS; WIND TURBINE POWER;

WIND POWER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANEMOMETER; CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECISION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 48749097851     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/030952407783418720     Document Type: Article

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