Principal Component and Cluster Analysis to study wind to support energy generation in the region of Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

This study presents a methodology using multivariate analysis: Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Cluster Analysis (CA) to analyze data of hourly averaged speed in hours from 28 stations distributed in four states of Northeastern Brazil: Ceará with 10 stations, Paraíba with 5 stations, Pernambuc...

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Main Authors: Roni Valter de Sousa Guedes, Emerson Mariano Silva, Jonathan Castro Amanajás, Francisco José Lopes de Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi) 2010-08-01
Series:Revista Ambiente & Água
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Online Access:http://www.ambi-agua.net/seer/index.php/ambi-agua/article/view/415