Study of wind speed attenuation at Kavaratti Island using land-based, offshore, and satellite measurements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8372, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Joseph, Antony ^a   Rivankar, Pradhan ^b   Balakrishnan Nair, T M ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b Systems Electronics   (India)

^c INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES   (India)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Bioshields; Coconut palm farm; Cyclones; India; Kavaratti; Leaves; Porosity; Turbulent boundary layer; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GAS DYNAMICS; HURRICANES; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE SENSORS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORIFICES; POROSITY; SPEED; STORMS; TIDES; WIND POWER;

ATTENUATION; BIOSHIELDS; INDIA; KAVARATTI; LEAVES; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; WIND SPEED;

WIND;

EID: 84870172192     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.918241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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