Wave energy assessments in the Azores islands

Renewable Energy

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 183-196

  Rusu, Liliana ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores islands; Hot spots; SWAN model; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ENERGY; AZORES ISLANDS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES; HISTORICAL DATA; HOT SPOT; ISOLATED ISLANDS; NEARSHORES; PELAMIS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTER DIAGRAMS; SPECTRAL WAVE MODELS; SUMMER SEASON; SWAN MODEL; WAVE CLIMATES; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE ENERGY ASSESSMENTS; WAVE MODELLING; WAVE PATTERNS; WAVE PREDICTIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE MODELING;

AZORES; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84859563665     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.02.027     Document Type: Article

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