Time-scale and extent at which large-scale circulation modes determine the wind and solar potential in the Iberian Peninsula

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Jerez, Sonia ^a   Trigo, Ricardo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

East Atlantic; Iberian Peninsula; North Atlantic Oscillation; Scandinavian pattern; solar power; wind power

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN; WIND POWER;

EAST ATLANTIC; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION PATTERNS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE SIMULATION; SCANDINAVIAN PATTERN; WIND AND SOLAR POTENTIALS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRELATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POWER GENERATION; SIMULATION; SOLAR POWER; TIMESCALE; WIND POWER;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84891940035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044035     Document Type: Article

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