Data set on wind speed, wind direction and wind probability distributions in Puerto Bolivar - Colombia

Guillermo Valencia Ochoa; José Núñez Alvarez; Marley Vanegas Chamorro

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104753

Data set on wind speed, wind direction and wind probability distributions in Puerto Bolivar - Colombia

Data Brief. 2019 Nov 4:27:104753. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104753. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Authors

Guillermo Valencia Ochoa¹, José Núñez Alvarez², Marley Vanegas Chamorro¹

Affiliations

¹ Facultad de Ingeniería, Grupo de investigación en gestión eficiente de la energía - kaí. Universidad del Atlántico, Carrera 30 Número 8-49, Puerto Colombia, Área Metropolitana de Barranquilla 080007, Colombia.
² Universidad de la Costa CUC, Energy Optimization Research Group GIOPEN, Cl. 58 #66, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia.

Abstract

This paper presents wind speed and direction data measured with a weather station located in Puerto Bolivar, department of La Guajira, situated in the extreme north of Colombia, whose geographic coordinates are 12°11'N 71°55'W. A wind speed and direction sensor, a barometric pressure sensor, and a temperature sensor were used to obtain the presented data. These data were taken at the height of 10 m, which is the highest point of the weather station. The data taken by the meteorological station correspond to a period of 20 years (1993-2013), with hourly frequency. For the missing data, a mathematical model to estimate the Julian averages was developed, allowing to calculate the frequency histograms and four types of probability distributions for these data. Also, the representative wind roses were generated, taking into account the averages in each of the 12 months of the year.

Keywords: Wind direction; Wind probability distribution; Wind speed.