Utilizing reanalysis and synthesis datasets in wind resource characterization for large-scale wind integration

Wind Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-110

  Henson, William L W ^a   McGowan, Jon G ^b   Manwell, James F ^b  

^a ISO New England ^*  (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity Value; Interannual Variability; Measure Correlate Predict; Reanalysis; Wind Resource Characterization

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY VALUE; DATA SETS; GENERATION RESOURCES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MEASURE CORRELATE PREDICT; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; POWER SYSTEM LOADS; REANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; SECURITY OF SUPPLY; UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS; WIND DATA; WIND INTEGRATION; WIND PLANT; WIND POWER PRODUCTION; WIND RESOURCES;

NASA; WIND POWER;

DATA PROCESSING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; ENERGY RESOURCE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER;

EID: 84859088412     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0309-524X.36.1.97     Document Type: Conference Paper

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