SAR-Satellite for offshore and coastal wind resource analysis, with examples from St. Lawrence Gulf, Canada

Wind Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-382

  Choisnard, Julien ^a   Lafrance, Gaëtan ^a   Bernier, Monique ^b  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DATA ACQUISITION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; SATELLITES; WIND POWER;

COASTAL WIND RESOURCES; SCATTEROMETER; WIND PATTERNS; WIND RESOURCE ANALYSIS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

OFFSHORE APPLICATION; REMOTE SENSING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SATELLITE DATA; SITE SELECTION; WIND FIELD; WIND POWER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

EID: 6444234734     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0309524042886432     Document Type: Article

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