The modification of wind turbine performance by statistically distinct atmospheric regimes

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Vanderwende, B J ^a   Lundquist, J K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric stability; Electricity; Monte Carlo; Power curve; Statistical significance; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICAL TESTS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; BULK RICHARDSON NUMBER; METEOROLOGICAL FORCING; MONTE CARLO; POWER CURVES; POWER-ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; POWER-LAW COEFFICIENTS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

STABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; INSTRUMENTATION; MANUFACTURING; METEOROLOGY; MOMENTUM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84867084007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034035     Document Type: Article

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