Wave energy resource assessment in the Mediterranean, the Italian perspective

Renewable Energy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 938-949

  Liberti, Luca ^a   Carillo, Adriana ^b   Sannino, Gianmaria ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Mediterranean; Numerical wave model; Wave energy; Wave energy atlas; Wave energy resources

Indexed keywords

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN; NUMERICAL WAVE MODELS; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY RESOURCES; WATER WAVES; WAVE POWER;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

BUOY SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; WAVE POWER;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARDINIA; STRAIT OF SICILY;

EID: 84866169722     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.08.023     Document Type: Article

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