A model for vertical wind speed data extrapolation for improving wind resource assessment using WAsP

Renewable Energy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 407-411

  Durišić, Željko ^a   Mikulović, Jovan ^a  

^a School of Electrical Engineering   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Least square method; Vertical wind profile; WAsP; Wind resource; Wind speed data

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARE METHODS; VERTICAL WIND; WASP; WIND RESOURCE; WIND SPEED DATA;

DATA HANDLING; EXTRAPOLATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

MEASUREMENTS;

ALGORITHM; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATA SET; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; TERRAIN; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84155167267     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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