Proposta de uma nova função de autocorrelação para o estudo do meandro do vento horizontal

Abstract

In this study is propose a new mathematical expression to describe the observed meandering autocorrelation functions in low-wind speed. The analysis utilizes a large number of the data to show that the new proposed theoretical function reproduces the experimental behavior of the fit curves, well as the negative lobes that characterizing the autocorrelation function for meandering condition. Furthermore, the good agreement of the measured autocorrelation curves with the proposed algebraic autocorrelation function allows to calculate the magnitudes of the meandering period and of the loop parameter. In adition, the parameters founded in this study can be used to simulate the dispersion of contaminant during low wind episodes. The results agree with the values presented and discussed in the literature.