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1. Full Text A review of wind speed probability distributions used in wind energy analysis. Case studies in the Canary Islands
by Carta, J.A and Ramírez, P and Velázquez, S
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, ISSN 1364-0321, 06/2009, Volume 13, Issue 5, pp. 933 - 955
The probability density function (PDF) of wind speed is important in numerous wind energy applications. A large number of studies have been published in... 
Probability density distribution | Coefficient of determination | Maximum likelihood method | Wind power density | Least squares method | Moments method | GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | TURBINE CHARACTERISTICS | PARAMETER-ESTIMATION | OUTPUT ESTIMATION | ENERGY & FUELS | MARKOV-CHAIN | VERTICAL EXTRAPOLATION | STATISTICAL-ANALYSIS | STOCHASTIC SIMULATION | ELECTRICITY-GENERATION | MAXIMUM-ENTROPY PRINCIPLE | WEIBULL STATISTICS | Probability density distribution Wind power density Coefficient of determination Moments method Maximum likelihood method Least squares method
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2. Full Text Probability distributions for offshore wind speeds
by Morgan, Eugene C and Lackner, Matthew and Vogel, Richard M and Baise, Laurie G
Energy Conversion and Management, ISSN 0196-8904, 2011, Volume 52, Issue 1, pp. 15 - 26
In planning offshore wind farms, short-term wind speeds play a central role in estimating various engineering parameters, such as power output, extreme wind... 
Probability distribution | Wind speed | Wind turbine energy output | Extreme wind | Weibull distribution | Mixture distribution | UNITED-STATES | FREQUENCY MODEL SELECTION | ENERGY | PARAMETER-ESTIMATION | STATISTICS | ENERGY & FUELS | QUANTILES | PHYSICS, NUCLEAR | WAKEBY DISTRIBUTIONS | WEIBULL | MECHANICS | THERMODYNAMICS | LOWER BOUNDS | GAMMA-DISTRIBUTION | Fatigue | Air-turbines | Fatigue testing machines | Analysis | Materials | Environmental engineering | Offshore | Estimating | Wind power generation | Mathematical models | Estimates | Turbines
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3. Full Text Wind speed probability distribution estimation and wind energy assessment
by Wang, Jianzhou and Hu, Jianming and Ma, Kailiang
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, ISSN 1364-0321, 07/2016, Volume 60, pp. 881 - 899
The statistical characteristics of wind and the selection of suitable wind turbines are essential to effectively evaluate wind energy potential and design wind... 
Wind energy potential assessment | Wind speed probability distribution | Stochastic heuristic optimization algorithm | Non-parametric estimation | POWER-DENSITY | NUMERICAL-METHODS | GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | TURBINES | ENERGY & FUELS | INNER-MONGOLIA | KERNEL DENSITY-ESTIMATION | DETERMINING WEIBULL PARAMETERS | DISTRIBUTION MODELS | ELECTRICITY-GENERATION | MAXIMUM-ENTROPY PRINCIPLE | RESOURCE | Air-turbines | Algorithms | Analysis | 49-9081 Wind Turbine Service Technicians | Models | Distribution (Probability theory) | Wind power | Mathematical optimization | Wind energy | Wakes | Wind turbines | Assessments | Design analysis | Heuristic
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4. Full Text Probability distributions of wind speed in the UAE
by Ouarda, T.B.M.J and Charron, C and Shin, J.-Y and Marpu, P.R and Al-Mandoos, A.H and Al-Tamimi, M.H and Ghedira, H and Al Hosary, T.N
Energy Conversion and Management, ISSN 0196-8904, 03/2015, Volume 93, pp. 414 - 434
•We assessed the goodness-of-fit of different distributions to wind speed data in the UAE.•Performances of parametric, mixture and non-parametric distributions... 
Model selection criteria | Wind speed distribution | Coefficient of determination | Non-parametric model | Kappa distribution | Mixture distribution | Probability density function | OUTPUT ESTIMATION | ENERGY & FUELS | POWER | PHYSICS, NUCLEAR | PARAMETERS | DENSITY-FUNCTIONS | MECHANICS | THERMODYNAMICS | CAPACITY FACTOR | DISTRIBUTION MODELS | MAXIMUM-ENTROPY PRINCIPLE | GENERATION | ENERGY ANALYSIS | WEIBULL STATISTICS | Stations | Wind energy | Wind speed | Mathematical models | United Arab Emirates | Coefficients | Statistics | Density | Probability density functions
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5. Full Text Estimating wind speed probability distribution using kernel density method
by Qin, Zhilong and Li, Wenyuan and Xiong, Xiaofu
Electric Power Systems Research, ISSN 0378-7796, 2011, Volume 81, Issue 12, pp. 2139 - 2146
â–º This paper proposes a nonparametric kernel estimation for wind speed probability distribution. â–º This paper develops a new technique to determine an optimal... 
Non-parametric density estimation | Probability density function | Wind energy | Planning | Wind speed | Wind farm | MODEL | ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
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6. Full Text Use of Birnbaum-Saunders distribution for estimating wind speed and wind power probability distributions: A review
by Mohammadi, Kasra and Alavi, Omid and McGowan, Jon G
Energy Conversion and Management, ISSN 0196-8904, 07/2017, Volume 143, pp. 109 - 122
•A new application of Birnbaum-Saunders (BS) distribution is reviewed.•BS distribution is utilized to estimate wind speed and power distributions.•Performance... 
Wind speed distribution | Maximum likelihood estimator | Probability density function | Wind power density distribution | Statistical indicators | Birnbaum-Saunders distribution | TURKEY | ENERGY & FUELS | MALAYSIA | ISLANDS | STATISTICAL-ANALYSIS | MECHANICS | THERMODYNAMICS | DISTRIBUTION MODELS | VERSION | SITES | ENERGY POTENTIAL ASSESSMENT | EAST | WEIBULL STATISTICS | Case studies | Usage | Distribution (Probability theory) | Wind power | Green technology | Electrical engineering
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7. Full Text Evaluating the suitability of wind speed probability distribution models: A case of study of east and southeast parts of Iran
by Alavi, Omid and Mohammadi, Kasra and Mostafaeipour, Ali
Energy Conversion and Management, ISSN 0196-8904, 07/2016, Volume 119, pp. 101 - 108
•Suitability of different wind speed probability functions is assessed.•5 stations distributed in east and south-east of Iran are considered as case... 
Nakagami distribution | Maximum likelihood estimator | Probability distribution function | Statistical analysis | Wind speed | ENERGY & FUELS | NAKAGAMI-M DISTRIBUTION | POWER | REGION | MECHANICS | THERMODYNAMICS | CAPACITY FACTOR | INSTALLATION | GENERATION | Case studies | Distribution (Probability theory) | Analysis | Stations | Wind energy | Mathematical models | Probability distribution | Assessments | Flexibility | Distribution functions
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8. Full Text Estimating wind speed probability distribution by diffusion-based kernel density method
by Xu, Xiaoyuan and Yan, Zheng and Xu, Shaolun
Electric Power Systems Research, ISSN 0378-7796, 04/2015, Volume 121, pp. 28 - 37
•We present a non-parametric method to estimate wind speed probability distribution.•The method accounts for both bandwidth selection and boundary... 
Parametric distribution model | Discrete cosine transformation | Wind speed probability distribution | Diffusion partial differential equation | Kernel density estimation | Goodness of fit test | ENERGY | WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION | POWER | ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
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9. Full Text A mixture kernel density model for wind speed probability distribution estimation
by Miao, Shuwei and Xie, Kaigui and Yang, Hejun and Karki, Rajesh and Tai, Heng-Ming and Chen, Tao
Energy Conversion and Management, ISSN 0196-8904, 10/2016, Volume 126, pp. 1066 - 1083
•A mixture kernel density model for wind speed distribution estimation is proposed.•The mixture kernel density consists of kernel densities and weight... 
Non-parametric density estimation | Wind speed probability distribution | Wind energy | Wind speed | Wind farm | ENERGY & FUELS | PHYSICS, NUCLEAR | PARAMETERS | BANDWIDTH SELECTION | HONG-KONG | STATISTICAL-ANALYSIS | REGION | MECHANICS | THERMODYNAMICS | RESOURCE ASSESSMENT | IRAN | WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION | POWER-GENERATION | EAST | Models | Distribution (Probability theory) | Specific gravity | Analysis | Air-turbines
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10. Full Text Determining suitable region wind speed probability distribution using optimal score-radar map
by Miao, Shuwei and Gu, Yingzhong and Li, Dan and Li, Han
Energy Conversion and Management, ISSN 0196-8904, 03/2019, Volume 183, pp. 590 - 603
•An optimal score-radar map is proposed to determine wind probability distribution.•An integrated score using optimal weight coefficients consolidate different... 
Wind speed probability distribution | Wind energy | Optimal weight coefficients | Wind farm | MIXTURE | MECHANICS | THERMODYNAMICS | WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION | ENERGY & FUELS | DISTRIBUTION MODELS | STATISTICAL-ANALYSIS | Electrical engineering | Radar systems | Distribution (Probability theory) | Air-turbines | Analysis | Performance indices | Statistical analysis | Standard scores | Probability distribution | Weight | Wind speed | Radar maps | Radar | Wind farms | Wind power generation | Wind turbines | Weibull distribution | Wind power | Turbines | Extreme values
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11. Full Text The Probability Distribution of Sea Surface Wind Speeds. Part I
: Theory and SeaWinds Observations
by Adam Hugh Monahan
Journal of Climate, ISSN 0894-8755, 2/2006, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp. 497 - 520
The probability distribution of sea surface wind speeds, , is considered. Daily SeaWinds scatterometer observations are used for the characterization of the... 
Datasets | Scatterometers | Observational research | Seas | Probability distributions | Wind velocity | Standard deviation | Oceanography | Skewed distribution | Jet propulsion | Probability | Wind | Oceans | Meteorology
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12. Full Text Mixture probability distribution functions to model wind speed distributions
by Kollu, Ravindra and Rayapudi, Srinivasa Rao and Narasimham, SVL and Pakkurthi, Krishna Mohan
International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, ISSN 2008-9163, 12/2012, Volume 3, Issue 1, pp. 1 - 10
Accurate wind speed modeling is critical in estimating wind energy potential for harnessing wind power effectively. The quality of wind speed assessment... 
Wind speed distribution | Engineering | Mixture distributions | Probability density functions | Renewable and Green Energy
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13. Full Text Estimation of wind speed probability density function using a mixture of two truncated normal distributions
by Mazzeo, Domenico and Oliveti, Giuseppe and Labonia, Ester
Renewable Energy, ISSN 0960-1481, 01/2018, Volume 115, pp. 1260 - 1280
Probability density functions (PDFs) are normally used to describe wind speed distribution for the proper selection of wind turbines in a given location. The... 
Probability density function | Renewable energy | Wind speed | Normal distribution | Mixture distribution | Goodness of fit | GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | ENERGY & FUELS | POWER | PARAMETERS | WEIBULL | MEXICO | ENERGY OUTPUT | MODELS | SURFACE | UAE | Usage | Distribution (Probability theory) | Alternative energy sources | Air-turbines | Analysis
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14. Full Text Data-based continuous wind speed models with arbitrary probability distribution and autocorrelation
by Jónsdóttir, Guðrún Margrét and Milano, Federico
Renewable Energy, ISSN 0960-1481, 12/2019, Volume 143, pp. 368 - 376
The paper presents a systematic method to build dynamic stochastic models from wind speed measurement data. The resulting models fit any probability... 
Stochastic differential equations | Probability distribution | Autocorrelation | Wind speed modeling | Memoryless transformation | GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | 1ST | ENERGY & FUELS | POWER-GENERATION | Models | Distribution (Probability theory) | Analysis | Stochastic processes | Differential equations
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15. Full Text The Probability Distribution of Land Surface Wind Speeds
by Adam H. Monahan and Yanping He and Norman McFarlane and Aiguo Dai
Journal of Climate, ISSN 0894-8755, 8/2011, Volume 24, Issue 15, pp. 3892 - 3909
The probability density function (pdf) of land surface wind speeds is characterized using a global network of observations. Daytime surface wind speeds are... 
Wind | Turbulence | Probability distributions | Wind velocity | Standard deviation | Climate models | Skewed distribution | Parametric models | Modeling | Boundary layers | Probability forecasts/models/distributions | Stability | Land surface | Wind shear | Inversions | Boundary layer | INTERMITTENT TURBULENCE | STATISTICS | POWER | STABLE BOUNDARY-LAYER | MODEL | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | FLUXES | Studies | Models | Probability distribution | Mathematical functions | Atmospheric sciences | Manuscripts
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