Measurements of turbulence at two tidal energy sites in puget sound, WA

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-374

  Thomson, Jim ^a   Polagye, Brian ^a   Durgesh, Vibhav ^b   Richmond, Marshall C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP); acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV); marine and hydrokinetic energy; tidal energy; tidal power; turbulence; turbulence intensity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ACOUSTIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; MARINE AND HYDROKINETIC ENERGY; TIDAL ENERGY; TURBULENCE INTENSITY;

OCEAN CURRENTS; SAMPLING; TURBINES; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

TIDAL POWER;

EID: 84863980311     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2012.2191656     Document Type: Article

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