Evaluation of the Wind Energy Potential in the Coastal Environment of Two Enclosed Seas

Table 3

Statistical analysis of the satellite measurements, corresponding to the total time (TT) and winter time (WT), respectively. The results cover the five-year time interval 2010–2014.

		Point
Results	Time interval	Black Sea				Caspian Sea
		B2	B5	B7	B10	C3	C6	C7	C11
(m/s)	TT	4.18	3.82	2.96	3.84	4.74	5.32	4.98	4.712
	WT	5.12	4.59	3.57	4.65	5.83	6.62	6.12	5.735
95% (m/s)	TT	9.37	8.41	6.89	8.43	9.32	10.81	10.17	9.642
	WT	10.23	9.17	8.16	9.56	11.29	11.96	11.75	11.37
Extreme (m/s)	TT	15.88	15.4	12.99	15.06	16.35	22.43	21.76	20.24
	WT	15.88	15.4	12.99	15.06	16.35	22.43	21.76	20.24
Power density (W/m^2)	TT	109	80.52	44.43	80.72	133.7	190.4	160.4	139.1
	WT	160.9	115.3	66.01	119.3	217.1	296.1	245.3	211.7