A global wave power resource and its seasonal, interannual and long-term variability

Applied Energy

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 366-380

  Reguero, B G ^a,b   Losada, I J ^a   Mendez F J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate indices; Inter annual variability; Wave climate; Wave energy; Wave power

Indexed keywords

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

CLIMATE INDEX; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; WAVE CLIMATES; WAVE ENERGY;

WAVE POWER;

ALTIMETRY; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WAVE POWER;

EID: 84926140319     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.03.114     Document Type: Article

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