The effects of mean atmospheric forcings of the stable atmospheric boundary layer on wind turbine wake

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bhaganagar, Kiran ^a   Debnath, Mithu ^a  

^a The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW CONTROL; INDUCTANCE; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; RECOVERY; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WIND; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN TURBULENCE; GEOSTROPHIC WINDS; MUTUAL INDUCTANCE; STABLE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; THERMALLY STRATIFIED; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VORTEX FILAMENT; WIND TURBINE WAKES;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 84923779373     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4907687     Document Type: Article

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