Multi-site testing and evaluation of remote sensing instruments for wind energy applications

Renewable Energy

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 200-210

  Sanz Rodrigo, J ^a   Borbon Guillen F ^a   Gomez Arranz P ^a   Courtney, M S ^b   Wagner, R ^b   Dupont, E ^c  

^a CENER   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Calibration; Lidar; Remote sensing; Sodar; Wind resource assessment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; COMPLEX TERRAINS; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CUP ANEMOMETERS; ENERGY APPLICATIONS; ENSEMBLE-AVERAGED; FIELD CALIBRATION; FLAT TERRAINS; INTERCOMPARISONS; MULTI-SITE TESTING; PERFORMANCE MATRICES; PROFILE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SODAR; TERRAIN COMPLEXITY; TEST SITE; TESTING AND EVALUATION; WIND PROFILER; WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

CALIBRATION; INSTRUMENT TESTING; INSTRUMENTS; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

WIND POWER;

ANEMOMETER; BENCHMARKING; CALIBRATION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; FLOW FIELD; FROUDE NUMBER; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SODAR; WIND POWER; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 84871583362     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.11.020     Document Type: Article

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