High resolution wind atlas for Nakhon Si Thammarat and Songkhla provinces, Thailand

Renewable Energy

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-110

  Waewsak, Jompob ^a   Landry, Mathieu ^b   Gagnon, Yves ^b  

^a THAKSIN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric models; Wind energy potential; Wind energy public policies; Wind mapping; Wind resource assessment

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND LEVEL; ANNUAL ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CLIMATE DATA; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; MEAN WIND SPEED; MESOSCALE; MICRO-SCALES; MODEL INPUTS; MODELING TECHNIQUE; NCEP/NCAR; POWER POTENTIAL; SMALL WIND TURBINE; SOUTHERN THAILAND; THAILAND; WIND FARM; WIND MAPPING; WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WIND RESOURCES;

CLIMATE MODELS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; SILICON;

WIND POWER;

ATLAS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; DATABASE; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; INSTALLATION; LAND COVER; MAP; MAPPING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOLUTION; SOCIAL POLICY; TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHER STATION; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT [SOUTHERN REGION]; SONGKHLA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

EID: 84870855764     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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