Spatial and temporal variability of winds in the Northern European Seas

Renewable Energy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 200-210

  Karagali, Ioanna ^a   Badger, Merete ^a   Hahmann, Andrea N ^a   Peña, Alfredo ^a   B Hasager, Charlotte ^a   Sempreviva, Anna Maria ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

In situ measurements; Offshore wind energy; QuikSCAT; SAR; Satellite remote sensing; WRF

Indexed keywords

IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; OFF-SHORE WIND ENERGY; QUIKSCAT; SAR; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; WRF;

REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND POWER;

WIND;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; QUIKSCAT; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84874402700     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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