Atmospheric CFD simulations coupled to mesoscale analyses for wind resource assessment in complex terrain

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 2530-2539

  Laporte, Laurent ^a,c   Dupont, Éric ^a   Carissimo, Bertrand ^a   Musson Genon, Luc ^a   Sécolier, Cyril ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE L'OUEST   (France)

^b EDF Energies Nouvelles   (France)

^c Nordex Energy GmbH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFD CODES; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPLEX SITES; COMPLEX TERRAINS; EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL METHODS; WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WIND RESOURCES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXHIBITIONS; LANDFORMS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84870004843     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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