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Spatial estimation of wind speed |
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| Authors: | Mohamed A. Mohandes Shafiqur Rehman Syed Masiur Rahman |
| Affiliation: | 1. Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran‐31261, Saudi Arabia;2. Center for Engineering Research, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran‐31261, Saudi Arabia;3. Civil Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran‐31261, Saudi Arabia |
| Abstract: | This study utilizes Abductory Induction Mechanism to estimate the mean monthly wind speed at some locations in Saudi Arabia based on wind data at other available recording stations in addition to some historical wind speed data at the target site. Wind speed data from 20 meteorological stations over a period of 16 years between 1990 and 2005 was used to accomplish the set objective. To validate the model, data from 19 stations was used to estimate the wind speed at the 20th location. Evaluation was performed for every one of the 20 available locations. Results show good agreement between estimated and measured monthly mean wind speed values. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
| Keywords: | abductory induction mechanism (AIM) group method of data handling (GMDH) wind speed estimation meteorology renewable energy |