Effects of topography on assessing wind farm impacts using MODIS data

Earth Interactions

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1-18

  Zhou, Liming ^a   Tian, Yuhong ^b   Chen, Haishan ^c   Dai, Yongjiu ^d   Harris, Ronald A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Empirical orthogonal function; Land surface temperature; Wind farm impact

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; HIGH ELEVATION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SPATIAL COUPLINGS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; WIND FARM;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; PIXEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884358061     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2012EI000510.1     Document Type: Article

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