Table 5 Monthly fluctuations in wind characteristics for Qassim.
From: Wind energy assessment and hybrid micro-grid optimization for selected regions of Saudi Arabia
Year | \(\:{\varvec{V}}_{\varvec{m}\varvec{i}\varvec{n}}\) (m/s) | \(\:{\varvec{V}}_{\varvec{m}\varvec{a}\varvec{x}}\) (m/s) | \(\:{\varvec{V}}_{\varvec{m}}\) (m/s) | \(\:\varvec{c}\) \(\:(\varvec{m}/\varvec{s})\) | k | \(\:\varvec{p}\) \(\:\left(\raisebox{1ex}{$\varvec{w}$}\!\left/\:\!\raisebox{-1ex}{${\varvec{m}}^{2}$}\right.\right)\) | RMSE | \(\:{\varvec{R}}^{2}\) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan. | 5.91 | 6.79 | 6.2855 | 6.4144 | 24.2069 | 172.0159 | 0.013063 | 0.95826 |
Feb. | 5.66 | 7.23 | 6.5145 | 6.7205 | 17.0796 | 191.5185 | 0.0030016 | 1.0002 |
Mar. | 6.24 | 6.8 | 6.5664 | 6.6441 | 48.6019 | 196.1251 | 0.0054619 | 1.0526 |
Apr. | 5.1 | 7.16 | 6.2118 | 6.4844 | 11.9541 | 166.0407 | 0.0044332 | 0.99585 |
May | 5.23 | 6.7 | 5.9564 | 6.1539 | 15.2746 | 146.3869 | 0.0017412 | 1.0066 |
Jun. | 5.27 | 6.13 | 5.7764 | 5.8999 | 26.9297 | 133.5125 | 0.003825 | 1.0085 |
Jul. | 4.91 | 6.42 | 5.6782 | 5.8747 | 14.7657 | 126.8196 | 0.0020444 | 0.99868 |
Aug. | 4.84 | 6.19 | 5.6873 | 5.8607 | 18.6797 | 127.4297 | 0.0084802 | 0.98489 |
Sept. | 4.84 | 5.91 | 5.3927 | 5.546 | 18.9942 | 108.6385 | 0.0025227 | 1.0073 |
Oct. | 5.18 | 6.3 | 5.6745 | 5.8316 | 18.311 | 126.5761 | 0.0014506 | 1.0063 |
Nov. Dec. | 5.62 5.67 | 6.67 6.68 | 6.1509 6.1418 | 6.287 6.2809 | 23.6358 21.5811 | 161.2042 160.4905 | 0.010149 0.010504 | 0.97285 0.96761 |
