Circular data arise from a number of activities in our daily life where the sample space is considered to be a circle. Some common examples are the migration paths of birds and animals, wind directions and ocean current directions. Many examples of circular data can be found in the various scientific fields like earth sciences, meteorology, biology, physics, psychology and medicine. See Mardia ...

Barchans are crescent-shaped sand dunes forming in aride regions with unidirectional wind and limited sand supply. We report analytical and numerical results for dune shapes under different environmental conditions as obtained from the so-called ‘minimal model’ of aeolian sand dunes. The profiles of longitudinal vertical slices (i.e. along the wind direction) are analyzed as a function of wind ...

In this research paper, a 10 minute period measured wind speed data at 10 m, 30 m, and 40 m heights are presented for one of the major provinces of Iran. Four stations in Khuzestan- Abadan, Hosseyneh, Mahshahr, and Shushtar- are analyzed to determine the potential of wind power generation in this province. From the primary evaluation and by determining mean wind speed and also the Weibull f...

A method for generating electricity using high wind pressure generated by fast moving vehicles channelling the induced wind in the direction of the wind turbine; converting the energy of the wind into mechanical energy by using wind turbine; and converting the mechanical energy into electrical energy by using a generating device and can be used for applications.

the main objective of this study is evaluation and wind statistic analysis, investigation of wind regime role on discharge flow and direction of sediments transferring in the case study. thus, sabzevar station anemometer data duration 10 years statistic period (1996-2005) analyzed. sand drift potential amount of study area is 160.9 v.u and result drift directionâ is west as well as sand flux is...

This study compared dispersion calculations using a street network model (SIRANE) with results from wind tunnel experiments in order to examine model performance in simulating short-range pollutant dispersion in urban areas. The comparison was performed using a range of methodologies, from simple graphical comparisons (e.g. scatter plots) to more advanced statistical analyses. A preliminary ana...

2.1 Structure of the atmospheric boundary layer Wind is moving air caused by pressure differences in the atmosphere, initiated by temperature differences. At large heights (~1000 m) the wind is not perpendicular to the isobars but parallel to it due to the Coriolis force (perpendicular to the wind direction, caused by the rotation of the earth). This wind is denoted the geostrophic wind. G : pr...