Decomposition of the windiness index in the Netherlands for the assessment of future long-term wind supply

Wind Energy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 927-938

  Bakker, A M R ^a   Van Den Hurk, B J J M ^a   Coelingh, J P ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b ECORYS Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

geostrophic wind speed; multiyear variation; surface roughness; trend; wind supply; windiness index

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND;

GEOSTROPHIC WINDS; MULTIYEAR VARIATION; MUTUAL CORRELATIONS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NETHERLANDS; OFFSHORE WINDS; TREND; WINDINESS INDEX;

METEOROLOGY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MODELING; METHODOLOGY; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84884985680     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.1534     Document Type: Article

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