Wind Speed Estimation: Incorporating Seasonal Data Using Markov Chain Models

Table 4

General statistical parameters in m/s for generated wind speed time series (Yalova, TR, 30 m).

	Synthetic data (m/s)
	Winter	Spring	Summer
Mean	6.23	5.50	5.32 (5.57)
St. deviation	3.85	3.00	2.81 (2.99)
Variance	14.83	9.03	7.91 (8.97)
Coef. of variation	61.80	54.65	52.91 (53.76)
Minimum	0	0	0 (0.004)
First quartile	3.51	3.26	3.09 (3.17)
Median	6.01	5.27	5.16 (5.21)
Third quartile	8.50	7.26	7.38 (7.83)
Maximum	23.37	17.99	16.54 (15.89)
Weibull shape Parameter (ML)	1.474	1.784	1.919 (1.923)
Weibull shape Parameter (WAsP)	1.874	1.955	2.176 (1.939)
Weibull scale Parameter (ML)	6.790	6.117	5.965 (6.271)
Weibull scale Parameter (WAsP)	7.316	6.233	6.148 (6.249)

Note: values in parenthesis are the simulation results for 2nd order MC.