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Title: Realistic simulations of the July 1, 2011 severe wind event over the Buffalo Ridge Wind Farm: Realistic simulations of a severe wind event over a wind farm
NSF-PAR ID:
10043765
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Wind Energy
Volume:
20
Issue:
11
ISSN:
1095-4244
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1803 to 1822
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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