Evaluation of the wind shear at a site in the North-West of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Wind Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-107

  Soler Bientz, Rolando ^a,b   Watson, Simon ^a   Infield, David ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric stability; Diurnal variation; Frequency distribution; Seasonal variation; Wind direction; Wind shear

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE; WIND; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SHEARS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WIND DIRECTION; WIND POWER; WIND SHEAR; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 67650074311     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0309-524X.33.1.93     Document Type: Article

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