Improving the assessment of wave energy resources by means of coupled wave-ocean numerical modeling

Renewable Energy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 462-471

  Barbariol, Francesco ^a   Benetazzo, Alvise ^b   Carniel, Sandro ^b   Sclavo, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Gulf of Venice; ROMS SWAN; Wave energy; Wave power; Wave Current Interaction (WCI)

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF VENICE; ROMS-SWAN; WAVE CURRENT INTERACTION; WAVE ENERGY;

ENERGY RESOURCES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORMS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE POWER; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84879300969     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.05.043     Document Type: Article

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