Synthetic aperture radar satellite data for offshore wind assessment: A strategic sampling approach

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-36

  Beaucage, Philippe ^a   Lafrance, Gaëtan ^a   Lafrance, Julie ^a   Choisnard, Julien ^b   Bernier, Monique ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Offshore wind assessment; Sampling methods; Satellite observations; Synthetic aperture radar; Wind resource mapping; Wind speed distribution; Wind statistics

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MAPPING; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING; SAMPLING; SATELLITES; SPACE-BASED RADAR; WIND; WIND POWER;

OFFSHORE WINDS; SAMPLING METHOD; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; WIND RESOURCES; WIND SPEED DISTRIBUTION; WIND STATISTICS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 78650256430     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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