Mapping frequencies of icing on structures in Switzerland

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 107-108, Issue , 2012, Pages 76-82

  Grünewald, Thomas ^a,b   Dierer, Silke ^c   Cattin, René ^c   Steiner, Philippe ^d   Steinkogler, Walter ^a,b   Fundel, Felix ^d   Lehning, Michael ^a,b  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Meteotest   (Switzerland)

^d FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

COSMO; Icing algorithm; Icing frequency; Icing map; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; WIND; WIND POWER;

COSMO; ICING FREQUENCY; MEASURED TEMPERATURES; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; TERRAIN FEATURES; WEATHER FORECAST MODELS; WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84863462778     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2012.03.022     Document Type: Article

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