Towards a wind energy climatology at advanced turbine hub-heights : preprint /
Measurements of wind characteristics over a wide range of heights up to and above 100 m are useful to: (1) characterize the local and regional wind climate; (2) validate wind resource estimates derived from numerical models; and (3) evaluate changes in wind characteristics and wind shear over the ar...
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Golden, CO :
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
[2005]
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| Series: | Conference paper ;
NREL/CP-500-38109 |
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| Online Access: | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS70696 |
| Summary: | Measurements of wind characteristics over a wide range of heights up to and above 100 m are useful to: (1) characterize the local and regional wind climate; (2) validate wind resource estimates derived from numerical models; and (3) evaluate changes in wind characteristics and wind shear over the area swept by the blades. Developing wind climatology at advanced turbine hub heights for the United States benefits wind energy development. Tall tower data from Kansas, Indiana, and Minnesota (which have the greatest number of tall towers with measurement data) will be the focus of this paper. Analyses of data from the tall towers will start the process of developing a comprehensive climatology. |
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| Item Description: | "May 2005." "To be presented at the American Meteorological Society's 15th Conference on Applied Climatology, Savannah, Georgia, June 20-23, 2005." Title from title screen (viewed on June 7, 2006). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 8 pages : digital, PDF file. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet from the NREL web site. Address as of 6/7/06: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy05osti/38109.pdf; current access available via PURL. |