Extreme winds from the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data

Wind Energy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 556-573

  Larsén, Xiaoli Guo ^a   Mann, Jakob ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Extreme wind; NCEP NCAR reanalysis data; Standard conditions; The 50 year wind

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; STORMS;

EXTREME WINDS; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; HOMOGENEOUS SURFACES; LOCAL STRONG WINDS; MESO-SCALE MODELING; REANALYSIS; STANDARD CONDITIONS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

WIND;

DATA ACQUISITION; FLOW MODELING; GEOPOTENTIAL; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SOFTWARE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 70349338865     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.318     Document Type: Article

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