Current issues in wind energy meteorology

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 803-819

  Emeis, Stefan ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Low level jets; Vertical wind profiles; Wind energy; Wind park efficiency; Wind park wakes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; TURBOMACHINERY; TURBULENCE; WAKES; WIND;

COMPLEX TERRAINS; LOW LEVEL JET; VERTICAL WIND; WIND PARK; WIND PARK WAKES;

WIND POWER;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INHOMOGENEITY; JET FLOW; METEOROLOGY; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; TERRAIN; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WAKE; WIND POWER; WIND PROFILE; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84925622769     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1472     Document Type: Review

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