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- Title
Analyzing wind speed data and wind power density of Tetouan city in Morocco by adjustment to Weibull and Rayleigh distribution functions.
- Authors
Ouahabi, Mohamed Hatim; Benabdelouahab, Farid; Khamlichi, Abdellatif
- Abstract
Several statistical distributions have been considered to model wind speed data. However, Weibull and Rayleigh statistical distributions are the most widely used methods for analyzing wind speed measurements and determining wind energy potential. In this work, these statistical distributions were applied in order to evaluate the wind resources in the northern Moroccan city of Tetouan. Adjustment of wind measurement data was performed. Then, the obtained results were compared with the provided wind data to test their accuracy based on common statistical indicators for performance. It was found that the Weibull and Rayleigh distribution models provide adequate description of the frequencies of actual wind records in Tetouan. They can be advantageously used to assess wind resource characteristics in this region.
- Subjects
WIND speed measurement; WIND power; STRUCTURAL failures; WEIBULL distribution; RAYLEIGH model
- Publication
Wind Engineering, 2017, Vol 41, Issue 3, p174
- ISSN
0309-524X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0309524X17709908