Wind shear and uncertainties in power curve measurement and wind resources

Wind Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 449-468

  Antoniou, Ioannis ^a   Pedersen, Søren Markilde ^a   Enevoldsen, Peder Bay ^b  

^a Siemens Wind Power A/S   (Denmark)

^b Siemens Wind Power A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERO-ELASTIC SIMULATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; COMBINED SIMULATION; COMPLEX TERRAINS; CUP ANEMOMETERS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONTENT; ENERGY DEFICIT; ENERGY FLUXES; EXPECTED POWER; FLAT TERRAINS; HUB HEIGHT; LOW LEVEL JET; MEASUREMENT METHODS; POWER CURVES; POWER MEASUREMENT; ROTOR SPEED; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEAR PROFILE; TURBINE ROTOR; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND POTENTIAL; WIND PROFILES; WIND RESOURCES; WIND SHEARS; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED MEASUREMENT; WIND TURBINE POWER;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALIBRATION; DATA HANDLING; GENE EXPRESSION; LANDFORMS; MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; SOUND RECORDING; SPEED; SPEED REGULATORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

KINETIC ENERGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER; WIND SHEAR; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 75949125093     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/030952409790291208     Document Type: Article

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