Preliminary study of the offshore wind and temperature profiles at the North of the Yucatán Peninsula

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 2829-2843

  Soler Bientz, Rolando ^a,b   Watson, Simon ^a   Infield, David ^c   Ricalde Cab, Lifter ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diurnal wind; Frequency distribution; Monthly wind; Offshore patterns; Vertical temperature profiles

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL WIND; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; MONTHLY WIND; OFFSHORE PATTERNS; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; HEATING; LANDFORMS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955093163     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2011.02.024     Document Type: Article

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