On the influence of large wind farms on the upper ocean circulation

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 585-591

  Broström, Göran ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ocean dynamics; Upwelling; Wind farm; Wind forcing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FARMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPEED; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEANIC RESPONSES; UPPER OCEAN CIRCULATIONS; UPWELLING; WIND FARM; WIND FARMS; WIND FORCING; WIND SPEEDS;

WIND POWER;

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; UPWELLING; WIND FARM; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 54049149722     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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