Estimation of wind energy potential using different probability density functions

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1848-1856

  Chang, Tian Pau ^a  

^a NAN KAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mixture function; Probability density function; Statistical error; Weibull function; Wind power density; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENTROPY; ESTIMATION; MIXTURES; PROBABILITY; SPEED; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

PROBABILITY DENSITIES; STATISTICAL ERROR; WEIBULL FUNCTION; WIND POWER DENSITY; WIND SPEED;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ARSENIC; DATA SET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENTROPY; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; WIND POWER;

TAIWAN;

EID: 79551525027     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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