Impacts of anemometer changes, site relocations and processing methods on wind speed trends in China

Liu, Yi; Zhou, Lihong; Qin, Yingzuo; Azorin-Molina, Cesar; Shen, Cheng; Xu, Rongrong; Zeng, Zhenzhong

doi:10.5194/amt-17-1123-2024

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Impacts of anemometer changes, site relocations and processing methods on wind speed trends in China

Yi Liu, Lihong Zhou, Yingzuo Qin, Cesar Azorin-Molina, Cheng Shen, Rongrong Xu, and Zhenzhong Zeng

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