Wind energy assessments along the Black Sea basin

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 316-329

  Onea, Florin ^a   Rusu, Eugen ^a  

^a DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Measurements; Reanalysis wind fields; Renewable energy; Wind

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ZONES; MEASUREMENT; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; WIND; WIND POWER;

BLACK SEA; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; NATIONAL CENTRES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; WIND ENERGY ASSESSMENT; WIND FIELD;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WIND POWER;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 84898821045     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1337     Document Type: Article

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