Wind tunnel simulation of terrain effects on wind farm siting

Wind Energy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-410

  Røkenes, Kjersti ^a   Krogstad, Per Åge ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Experiment; Laser doppler; Separated flows; Terrain effects; Turbulence; Wind farm

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLASSIFIERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EXPERIMENTS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; TURBULENCE; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNELS;

LASER DOPPLER; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; SEPARATED FLOWS; TERRAIN EFFECT; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; VERTICAL VELOCITY PROFILES; WIND FARM; WIND-TUNNEL SIMULATION;

LANDFORMS;

ANEMOMETER; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SLOPE; TERRAIN; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNEL; WIND TURBINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 66149097368     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.310     Document Type: Article

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