Construction of SDE-based wind speed models with exponentially decaying autocorrelation

This paper provides a systematic method to build wind speed models based on stochastic differential equations (SDEs). The resulting models produce stochastic processes with a given probability distribution and exponentially decaying autocorrelation function. The only information needed to build the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Zárate-Miñano, Rafael, Milano, Federico
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/28924
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.03.026
http://hdl.handle.net/10578/28924
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Stochastic differential equations
Wind speed modeling
Stationary process
Regression theorem
Exponential autocorrelation
Non-gaussian processes
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Sumario:This paper provides a systematic method to build wind speed models based on stochastic differential equations (SDEs). The resulting models produce stochastic processes with a given probability distribution and exponentially decaying autocorrelation function. The only information needed to build the models is the probability density function of the wind speed and its autocorrelation coefficient. Unlike other methods previously proposed in the literature, the proposed method leads to models able to reproduce an exact exponential autocorrelation even if the probability distribution is not Gaussian. A sufficient condition for the property above is provided. The paper includes the explicit formulation of SDE-based wind speed models obtained from several probability distributions used in the literature to describe different wind speed behaviors. All models are validated through numerical simulations. Finally, the proposed procedure is applied to model the wind speed observed at a meteorological station in New Zealand. A comparison of the statistical properties of the wind speed measurements and of the stochastic process generated by the SDE model is also provided.