Mesoscale modeling of coastal low-level jets: Implications for offshore wind resource estimation

Wind Energy

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1199-1216

  Nunalee, Christopher G ^a   Basu, Sukanta ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; numerical weather prediction; offshore wind turbine; turbulence modeling; wind shear

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND POWER;

NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; OFFSHORE WIND RESOURCES; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHARACTERIZATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; WIND SHEARS;

OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; JET; PARAMETERIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SEA BREEZE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84904576901     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.1628     Document Type: Article

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