Wake flow in a wind farm during a diurnal cycle

Journal of Turbulence

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 420-441

  Abkar, Mahdi ^a   Sharifi, Ahmad ^a   Porté Agel, Fernando ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric thermal stability; large eddy simulation; wind farm wakes

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CORIOLIS FORCE; DIURNAL VARIATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; WAKE; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84958034522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14685248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14685248.2015.1127379     Document Type: Article

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