Calculating weather windows: Application to transit, installation and the implications on deployment success

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-101

  Walker, Rich T ^a,b   Van Nieuwkoop Mccall, Joana ^a   Johanning, Lars ^a   Parkinson, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Falmouth Business Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deployment; Installation; Site access; Transit; Waiting; Weather windows

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION; DEPLOYMENT; EMPIRICAL EXPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; SITE ACCESS; TRANSIT; WAITING; WAVE ENERGY DEVICES;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INSTALLATION; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

INSTALLATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; WAVE ENERGY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEIBULL THEORY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879077782     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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