A methodology to evaluate regional-scale offshore wind energy resources

OCEANS 2011 IEEE - Spain

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Menendez M ^a   Tomas A ^a   Camus, P ^a   Garcia Diez M ^a,b   Fita, L ^b   Fernandez J ^b   Mendez F J ^a   Losada, I J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; COMMON PROBLEMS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA SETS; DYNAMIC DOWNSCALING; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; HINDCASTS; INSTRUMENTAL DATA; OFFSHORE AREA; OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY RESOURCE; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; REANALYSIS; SPANISH COASTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND FIELD; WIND RESOURCES;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY RESOURCES; WIND;

WIND POWER;

EID: 80052932203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/Oceans-Spain.2011.6003595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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