Climate and climate variability of the wind power resources in the Great Lakes region of the United States

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Li, X ^a,b   Zhong, S ^b   Bian, X ^c   Heilman, W E ^c  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LAKES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SPEED; WIND EFFECTS;

ANNUAL MEAN; CLIMATE DATA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GREAT LAKES; HUB HEIGHT; ICE COVER; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAKE SUPERIOR; LAND AREAS; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MEAN WIND SPEED; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICAN; ONTARIO; REANALYSIS; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; WIND ENERGY INDUSTRY; WIND POWER RESOURCES; WIND RESOURCES; WIND SPEED; WINTER MONTHS;

WIND POWER;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ICE COVER; RESOLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHIGAN; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957550478     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013415     Document Type: Article

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