A low motion floating platform for offshore wind resource assessment using Lidars

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Nicholls Lee, Rachel ^a  

^a Falmouth Business Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floating platform; Lidar; Low motion; Meteorological measurement; Offshore wind energy

Indexed keywords

FLOATING PLATFORMS; FLOATING STRUCTURES; LOW-MOTION; METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; OFF-SHORE WIND ENERGY; OFFSHORE WIND RESOURCES; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BUOYANCY; FLOATING BREAKWATERS; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84893151250     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2013-10662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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