Long-term wind speed analysis and detection of its trends using Mann-Kendall test and linear regression method

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 421-437

  Rehman, Shafiqur ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Mann Kendall test; Meteorology; Renewable energy; Saudi Arabia; Trend analysis; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873168096     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-012-0445-5     Document Type: Article

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