Weibull distribution of bora and sirocco winds in the northern Adriatic Sea

Geofizika

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-100

  Jeromel, Maja ^a   Malačič, Vlado ^a   Rakovec, Jože ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Northern Adriatic Sea; Potential temperature; Weibull distribution; Wind; Wind rose

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ROSA;

EID: 70349934499     PISSN: 03523659     EISSN: 18466346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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