LIDAR and SODAR measurements of wind speed and direction in upland terrain for wind energy purposes

Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1871-1901

  Lang, Steven ^a   McKeogh, Eamon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Remote sensing; Upland terrain; Wind energy; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

CUP ANEMOMETERS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; GROUND BASED; OPERATIONAL STAGES; SODAR MEASUREMENTS; UPLAND TERRAIN; WIND ENERGY INDUSTRY; WIND FARM; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND RESOURCES; WIND SPEED;

ANEMOMETERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INSTRUMENTS; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; TURBINES; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 80755175274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs3091871     Document Type: Article

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