Wind speed and velocity at three Estonian coastal stations 1969-1992

Estonian Journal of Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-219

  Keevallik, Sirje ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Average air flow; Regional climate variability; Wind speed; Wind velocity

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOWS; AVERAGE AIR FLOW; AVERAGE VALUES; COASTAL STATIONS; DATA SETS; DECADAL VARIABILITIES; METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY; SURFACE RECORDINGS; WARM AIRS; WIND CLIMATES; WIND PARAMETERS; WIND PROPERTIES; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEEDS; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR; CLIMATOLOGY; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 79955167882     PISSN: 17366038     EISSN: 17367522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/eng.2008.3.02     Document Type: Article

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