Improving WAsP predictions in (TOO) complex terrain

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2006, EWEC 2006

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 175-183

  Mortensen, Niels G ^a   Bowen, Anthony J ^b   Antoniou, Ioannis ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Models (mathematical); Resources; RIX; Ruggedness index; Siting

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TERRAINS; RESOURCES; RIX; RUGGEDNESS INDEX; SITING;

BENCHMARKING; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EXHIBITIONS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENTS; WIND POWER;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 84876537663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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