Monte Carlo simulations of wind speed data

Wind Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 661-673

  Gallagher, Ron ^a   Elmore, Andrew Curtis ^b  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic factors; Environmental engineering; Groundwater management; Monte carlo simulation; Wind energy; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL RANGES; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENERGY VALUE; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; REGIONAL WEATHER; SCALE VALUE; SIMULATION RESULT; WEATHER STATIONS; WEIBULL SHAPE; WIND ENERGY; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED DATA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPEED; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING; GRAPHICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEATHER STATION; WEIBULL THEORY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77049117042     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0309-524X.33.6.661     Document Type: Article

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