Note on the use of Weibull statistics to characterize wind speed data.

Abstract

A hybrid density function is given for describing wind speed distributions having nonzero probability of 'calm'. A Weibull probability graph paper designed specifically for plotting wind speed distributions is used to determine distribution parameters to within a few percent of values obtained by the maximum likelihood technique. Data from the National Weather Service are used to demonstrate the use of the hybrid density function and the Weibull graph paper. (A)