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The Statistical Distribution of Turbulence Driven Velocity Extremes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer – Cartwright/Longuest-Higgins Revised

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  1. Department of Wind Energy, Risø National Laboratories, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    G. C. Larsen

  2. Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark

    K. S. Hansen

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  1. ForWind - Center for Wind Energy Research, Institute of Physics, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany

    Joachim Peinke

  2. ForWind - Center for Wind Energy Research, University of Hannover, Institute for Steel Construction, Appelstrasse 9a, 30167, Hannover, Germany

    Peter Schaumann

  3. ForWind - Center for Wind Energy Research, Institute of Physics, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany

    Stephan Barth

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Larsen, G.C., Hansen, K.S. (2007). The Statistical Distribution of Turbulence Driven Velocity Extremes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer – Cartwright/Longuest-Higgins Revised. In: Peinke, J., Schaumann, P., Barth, S. (eds) Wind Energy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33866-6_19

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