Wind characteristics on the Yucatán Peninsula based on short term data from meteorological stations

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 754-764

  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 wind variation; Monthly wind variation; Wind resource assessment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; CARIBBEAN SEA; COASTAL SITES; COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION; DIURNAL WIND; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; LATIN AMERICANS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; OPEN TERRAIN; SEASONAL WIND; SHORT-TERM DATA; WIND CHARACTERISTICS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WIND RESOURCES; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED DATA; WIND VARIATION;

LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGY; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 75149167798     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.10.032     Document Type: Article

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