A study on the effect of nudging on long-term boundary layer profiles of wind and weibull distribution parameters in a rural coastal area

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1201-1207

  Gryning, S E ^a   Batchvarova, E ^a,b   Floors, R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED RESEARCHES; DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; MEAN WIND SPEED; METEOROLOGICAL TOWER; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SHAPE PARAMETERS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WIND POWER DENSITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIDAR; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEIBULL THEORY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84880278462     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0319.1     Document Type: Article

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