Research Article

Evaluation of the Wind Power in the State of Paraíba Using the Mesoscale Atmospheric Model Brazilian Developments on the Regional Atmospheric Modelling System

Table 3

Statistical indexes for wind speed in São Gonçalo, Monteiro, Patos, Campina Grande, and João Pessoa, where EA is the mean absolute error, EQN is the mean square error, and is the correlation for the period of March 1977 and 1981.

March/1977March/1981
EAEQM EAEQM

São Gonçalo0.610.70 0.27***0.530.620.83*
Monteiro0.690.810.81*
Patos0.830.960.40**1.491.660.90*
Campina Grande2.562.620.39**1.892.030.79*
João Pessoa0.640.740.36**0.941.170.66*

Significance to the degree of 99%, **significance to the degree of 95%, ***significance to the degree of 90%.