Atmospheric stability and turbulence fluxes at Horns Rev-an intercomparison of sonic, bulk and WRF model data

Wind Energy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 717-731

  Peña, Alfredo ^a   Hahmann, Andrea N ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

atmospheric stability; bulk Richardson number; numerical weather prediction; sonic anemometer; turbulence fluxes

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANEMOMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FRICTION; HEAT FLUX; STABILITY; VELOCITY; WIND; WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; BULK RICHARDSON NUMBER; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; SONIC ANEMOMETER; TURBULENCE FLUXES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANEMOMETER; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CORRELATION; FRICTION; HEAT FLUX; MODEL VALIDATION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENCE; WIND FARM; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HORNS REV; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84861705401     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.500     Document Type: Article

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