A statistical analysis of the power law and the logarithmic law using wind data from a 164 m tower

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Shi Feng Zhang1,2
1Department of Meteorology, University of Nanjing, Nanjing, China
2Department of Meteorology, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, USA

Tóm tắt

The wind speed distribution with height is analysed by using hourly data for a full year recorded at 6 levels of a 164 m tower at Nanjing. A statistical error analysis shows that power law and logarithmic law are best applicable when the wind is strong. For the height range from 16 to 164 m, the power law represents the actual speed distribution better than does the logarithmic law.

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