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Handbook of Wind Resource Assessment
| Handbook of Wind Resource Assessment |
| Autore | Watson Simon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newark : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (331 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551.51/80287 |
| Soggetto topico |
Winds - Speed - Measurement
Wind power - Measurement |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Physics
Science |
| ISBN |
1-119-05530-X
1-119-05540-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Early Wind Measurements -- 1.2 The Need for Wind Resource Assessment -- 1.3 A Brief Overview of the Wind Resource Assessment Process -- 1.4 Layout of this Book -- References -- 2 The Atmospheric Boundary Layer -- 2.1 The Structure of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer -- 2.2 The Surface Layer Wind Speed Profile -- 2.3 The Gradient and Geostrophic Wind -- 2.4 The Ekman Layer -- References -- 3 Measurement -- 3.1 History of Wind Speed Measurement 3.2 Types of Measurement -- 3.3 Terrestrial Measurements -- 3.4 Remote Sensing -- 3.5 Meteorological Measurement Stations -- 3.6 The Effect of Climatic Conditions on Wind Speed Measurements -- References -- 4 Wind Speed Variability and Distributions -- 4.1 Power Spectrum -- 4.2 The Spectral Gap -- 4.3 Long-term Variation -- 4.4 Synoptic Scale Weibull Wind Speed Distributions -- 4.5 Weibull Parameter Variation with Height -- 4.6 Synoptic Scale Wind Direction Distributions -- 4.7 Turbulent Scale Distributions -- 4.8 Extreme Value Statistics -- References -- 5 Numerical Modelling 5.1 The Governing Equations -- 5.2 Microscale Models -- 5.3 Mesoscale Models -- 5.4 Global Models -- 5.5 Model Chains -- 5.6 The Importance of Atmospheric Stability -- References -- 6 Wind Resource Estimation in Complex Terrain, Offshore, and in Urban Areas -- 6.1 Coastal and Offshore -- 6.2 Forested Terrain -- 6.3 Urban Areas -- References -- 7 Orographic Test Cases -- 7.1 Askervein Hill -- 7.2 Bolund Hill -- 7.3 Big Southern Butte (BSB) and Salmon River Canyon (SRC) -- 7.4 Perdigão -- 7.5 Alaiz -- References -- 8 Statistical Methods -- 8.1 Spatial Coherence 8.2 Measure-Correlate-Predict: An Overview -- 8.3 Analogue Ensembles -- 8.4 Wind Indices -- 8.5 The Robust Coefficient of Variation -- 8.6 Spatial Interpolation -- References -- 9 Atmospheric Reanalyses and Wind Atlases -- 9.1 What Is a Reanalysis? -- 9.2 Global Reanalyses -- 9.3 Regional Reanalyses -- 9.4 Comparing Reanalyses -- 9.5 Wind Atlases -- References -- 10 Mesoscale Phenomena -- 10.1 Thermally Driven Winds -- 10.2 Internal Gravity Waves -- 10.3 Low-level Jets -- 10.4 Convective Cells -- 10.5 Roll Vortices -- References -- 11 Long-term Wind Climate Trends 11.1 The Historical Evidence for Long-term Trends in Wind Speeds -- 11.2 Climate Models -- 11.3 Possible Future Changes and Uncertainties -- 11.4 Impact on Resource Assessment -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910831195403321 |
Watson Simon
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| Newark : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2023 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Handbook of Wind Resource Assessment
| Handbook of Wind Resource Assessment |
| Autore | Watson Simon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newark : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (331 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551.51/80287 |
| Soggetto topico |
Winds - Speed - Measurement
Wind power - Measurement |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Physics
Science |
| ISBN |
1-119-05530-X
1-119-05540-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Early Wind Measurements -- 1.2 The Need for Wind Resource Assessment -- 1.3 A Brief Overview of the Wind Resource Assessment Process -- 1.4 Layout of this Book -- References -- 2 The Atmospheric Boundary Layer -- 2.1 The Structure of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer -- 2.2 The Surface Layer Wind Speed Profile -- 2.3 The Gradient and Geostrophic Wind -- 2.4 The Ekman Layer -- References -- 3 Measurement -- 3.1 History of Wind Speed Measurement 3.2 Types of Measurement -- 3.3 Terrestrial Measurements -- 3.4 Remote Sensing -- 3.5 Meteorological Measurement Stations -- 3.6 The Effect of Climatic Conditions on Wind Speed Measurements -- References -- 4 Wind Speed Variability and Distributions -- 4.1 Power Spectrum -- 4.2 The Spectral Gap -- 4.3 Long-term Variation -- 4.4 Synoptic Scale Weibull Wind Speed Distributions -- 4.5 Weibull Parameter Variation with Height -- 4.6 Synoptic Scale Wind Direction Distributions -- 4.7 Turbulent Scale Distributions -- 4.8 Extreme Value Statistics -- References -- 5 Numerical Modelling 5.1 The Governing Equations -- 5.2 Microscale Models -- 5.3 Mesoscale Models -- 5.4 Global Models -- 5.5 Model Chains -- 5.6 The Importance of Atmospheric Stability -- References -- 6 Wind Resource Estimation in Complex Terrain, Offshore, and in Urban Areas -- 6.1 Coastal and Offshore -- 6.2 Forested Terrain -- 6.3 Urban Areas -- References -- 7 Orographic Test Cases -- 7.1 Askervein Hill -- 7.2 Bolund Hill -- 7.3 Big Southern Butte (BSB) and Salmon River Canyon (SRC) -- 7.4 Perdigão -- 7.5 Alaiz -- References -- 8 Statistical Methods -- 8.1 Spatial Coherence 8.2 Measure-Correlate-Predict: An Overview -- 8.3 Analogue Ensembles -- 8.4 Wind Indices -- 8.5 The Robust Coefficient of Variation -- 8.6 Spatial Interpolation -- References -- 9 Atmospheric Reanalyses and Wind Atlases -- 9.1 What Is a Reanalysis? -- 9.2 Global Reanalyses -- 9.3 Regional Reanalyses -- 9.4 Comparing Reanalyses -- 9.5 Wind Atlases -- References -- 10 Mesoscale Phenomena -- 10.1 Thermally Driven Winds -- 10.2 Internal Gravity Waves -- 10.3 Low-level Jets -- 10.4 Convective Cells -- 10.5 Roll Vortices -- References -- 11 Long-term Wind Climate Trends 11.1 The Historical Evidence for Long-term Trends in Wind Speeds -- 11.2 Climate Models -- 11.3 Possible Future Changes and Uncertainties -- 11.4 Impact on Resource Assessment -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910878085903321 |
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Watson Simon
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| Newark : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2023 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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