Wind Statistical Characterization in Mendoza Province. Argentina.

Abstract

In the following work, an analysis of the wind power of Mendoza Province is proposed, with the objective of its characterization and designing maps of average wind speeds. The data analyzed belongs to the wind and speed direction in the period from 1981 to 2020. The source of the information is the POWER project (Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources) open access database, from NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). For data processing, descriptive statistical analysis was performed and the data were plotted by Kriging interpolation, which is based on the analysis of the geostatistical structure of variation of the variable to establish its behavior in space. As a result, a series of monthly maps were obtained plotting the average wind speeds for the Mendoza Province, thus characterizing the wind resource.