Importance of location for describing typical and extreme wind speed behavior

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Griffin, B J ^a   Kohfeld, K E ^a   Cooper, A B ^a   Boenisch, G ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LOCATION; PLANNING; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SPEED; WIND EFFECTS;

COASTAL LOCATIONS; CYCLIC PATTERNS; EXTREME WIND SPEED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SKEWED DISTRIBUTION; WIND ENERGY; WIND INTENSITY; WIND SPEED;

WIND POWER;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; INLAND SEA; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SKEWNESS; WEATHER STATION; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 78649503227     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045052     Document Type: Article

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