Preliminary estimate of the large-scale wind energy resource with few measurements available: The case of Montenegro

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 97, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 497-511

  Burlando, Massimiliano ^a   Podestà, Andrea ^b   Villa, Luca ^a   Ratto, Corrado F ^a   Cassulo, Gianluca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CETMA Consortium/D'Appolonia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostic wind models; Republic of Montenegro; Wind climatology; Wind field modelling; Wind resources estimation

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC WIND MODEL; WIND CLIMATOLOGY; WIND FIELD; WIND FIELD MODELLING; WIND RESOURCES;

CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ENERGY RESOURCES; ESTIMATION; NASA; SIMULATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 71849115698     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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