Fitting of statistical distributions to wind speed data in Malaysia

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-12

  Zaharim, Azami ^a   Razali, Ahmad M ^a   Abidin, Rozaimah Z ^a   Sopian, Kamaruzzaman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Lognormal distribution; Maximum likelihood method; Weibull distribution; Wind speed data

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449164661     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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