Assessment of wind energy potential based on METAR data in Malaysia

International Journal of Renewable Energy Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 959-968

  Albani, A ^a   Ibrahim, M Z ^a   Hamzah, M H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Metar; WAsP; Wind Energy; WindPRO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891141450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13090127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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