Wind energy potential on the coast of Lake Van

International Journal of Green Energy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Yumak, H ^a   Ucar, T ^b   Yayla, S ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOZOK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lake Van; Wind energy; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND LEVEL; MEASURED DATA; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; POWER POTENTIAL; UNIVERSITY CAMPUS; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND POTENTIAL; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED SENSOR; WIND VANE;

LAKES; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND POWER;

METEOROLOGY; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

LAKE VAN; TURKEY;

EID: 84856188438     PISSN: 15435075     EISSN: 15435083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2011.617017     Document Type: Article

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