Observed thermal impacts of wind farms over northern Illinois

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 14981-15005

  Slawsky, Lauren M ^a   Zhou, Liming ^a   Roy, Somnath Baidya ^b   Xia, Geng ^a   Vuille, Mathias ^a   Harris, Ronald A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Land surface temperature; Wind farm impact

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MODERATE RESOLUTION; NIGHTTIME BOUNDARY LAYERS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS; TURBINE ROTOR BLADE; WIND FARM; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84933567467     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150714981     Document Type: Article

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