Mathematicalmodel
2.1.Windresourcesattheselectedsites
Samples of10years(1981–1990)monthlywinddatawere
obtained fromthenationalmeteorologicaloffice (ONM)ofAlgiers
in Algeriafortheselectedsitesasshownin Table1. Thedataspeed
is capturedinthree-hourlyandthereaftercalculatedasthe
averagespeedofeachmonth.
The windspeeddataweremeasuredataheightof10musinga
Cupules Anemometer [46] at theONMstationsineachofthelocations
considered. Fig. 2 showsthesiteslocationstudiedbygeographic
coordinates(latitudesandlongitudes);itcanbeseenthatthedistribu-
tion ofthesitesselectedcoveredtheentirenorthernAlgerianterritory.
ToestimateWeibullparameters(c and k), theWeibullprob-
ability methodisappliedbyusingthefollowingequation [48–51]: