Comparison of the atmospheric stability and wind profiles at two wind farm sites over a long marine fetch in the North Sea

Wind Energy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 767-780

  Sathe, Ameya ^a,b   Gryning, Sven Erik ^b   Peña, Alfredo ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

atmospheric stability; boundary layer height; Obukhov length; wind profiles

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; CORRECTION TERMS; LENGTH SCALE PARAMETER; NEAR-NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; OBUKHOV LENGTH; SURFACE LAYER STABILITY; WIND PROFILES;

OFFSHORE WIND FARMS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; FETCH; HEIGHT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; STABILIZATION; SURFACE LAYER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 80053514837     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.456     Document Type: Article

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