Application of satellite sensor data and models for energy management

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-13

  Zell, Erica ^a   Engel Cox, Jill ^a   Eckman, Richard ^b   Stackhouse Jr , Paul ^b  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorology; NASA; Remote sensing; Satellites; Wind; Wind energy; Wind forecasting

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EARTH SCIENCES; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY POLICY; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; NASA; OBSERVATORIES; REMOTE SENSING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SATELLITES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE OPTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADDED VALUES; AND MODELS; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; ENERGY APPLICATIONS; ENERGY INFORMATIONS; ENERGY MODELING; ENERGY SECTORS; GLOBAL EARTH OBSERVATION SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS; LOAD FORECASTING; MONITORING INFORMATIONS; NASA EARTH SCIENCES; NEW APPLICATIONS; OBJECTIVE INFORMATIONS; REMOTE SENSING DATUMS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING DATUMS; SATELLITE SENSOR DATUMS; SUPPORT TOOLS; WIND ENERGY; WIND ENERGY SOURCES;

WIND POWER;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EOS; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

EID: 84921998810     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2008.2001142     Document Type: Article

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