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Table 5.2
Weibull Parameters and Mean Wind Speed at a Height of 10 m for
Various Locations in Germany
Location
k
a
v in m/s
Location
k
a
v in m/s
Berlin
1.85
4.4
3.9
Munich
1.32
3.2
2.9
Hamburg
1.87
4.6
4.1
Nuremberg
1.36
2.9
2.7
Hannover
1.78
4.1
3.7
Saarbrücken
1.76
3.7
3.3
Helgoland
2.13
8.0
7.1
Stuttgart
1.23
2.6
2.4
Cologne
1.77
3.6
3.2
Wasserkuppe
1.98
6.8
6.0
Source:
Christoffer and Ulbricht-Eissing, 1989
(5.2)
The shape and scale parameters depend on the site. Table 5.2 gives some
example parameters for various German locations.
The mean wind speed can be estimated approximately from the Weibull
parameters (Molly, 1990):
(5.3)
The parameter
a
for
k
= 2 can be obtained from the mean wind speed:
(5.4)
Figure 5.2
Rayleigh Distributions for Different Mean Wind Speeds
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