Wave energy pattern around the Madeira Islands

Energy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 771-785

  Rusu, Eugen ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coastal environment; Madeira Archipelago; Numerical models; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; REMOTE SENSING; WAVE POWER;

BIVARIATE DISTRIBUTION; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; HINDCASTS; HOT SPOT; MADEIRA ARCHIPELAGO; MODEL SIMULATION; NEARSHORES; POWER RESOURCES; RELEVANT PATTERNS; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SEA STATE; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE CLIMATES; WAVE DATA; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS; WAVE PREDICTIONS;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

COASTAL ZONE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HINDCASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVE POWER;

MADEIRA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84865426010     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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