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Atmósfera 27(1), 77-89 (2014)
On the wind power potential in the northwest of the Yucatan

Peninsula in Mexico
BERNARDO FIGUEROA-ESPINOZA and PAULO SALLES

Instituto de Ingeniería, Laboratorio de Ingeniería y Procesos Costeros, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Puerto de Abrigo s/n, 97351 Sisal, Yucatán, México
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Received March 26, 2013; accepted November 26, 2013
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