Lidar and computational fluid dynamics for resource assessment in complex terrain

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2012, EWEC 2012

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 1436-1445

  Pitter, Mark ^a   Abiven, Claude ^b   Vogstad, Klaus ^c   Harris, Michael ^a   Barker, Will ^a   Brady, Oisin ^b  

^a Old Barns   (United Kingdom)

^b Natural Power   (France)

^c Agder Energi   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW SIMULATION; COMPLEX TERRAINS; CONVERSION FACTOR; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT BIAS; POINT MEASUREMENT; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; WIND MEASUREMENT;

ANEMOMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXHIBITIONS; LANDFORMS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84884393189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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