Wind resource assessment for the kingdom of Bahrain

Wind Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 439-448

  Al Buflasa, Hanan ^a   Infield, David ^a   Watson, Simon ^a   Thomson, Murray ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diurnal pattern; Wind atlas

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; BAHRAIN; DIURNAL PATTERN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUB HEIGHT; INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN; MEASURED DATA; SHAPE PARAMETERS; WEATHER STATIONS; WEIBULL; WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION; WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WIND RESOURCES; WIND SPEED;

TURBINES; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND POWER;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATLAS; ENERGY RESOURCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETERIZATION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; BAHRAIN; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 67650022984     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/030952408786411976     Document Type: Article

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