Artículo de revista
Wind missing data arrangement using wavelet based techniques for getting maximum likelihood
Disposición de datos faltantes del viento usando técnicas basadas en wavelets para obtener la máxima probabilidad
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Corporación Universidad de la Costa
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Author
Zapata-Sierra, Antonio Jesús
Cama-Pinto, Alejandro
Montoya, Francisco Gil
Alcayde, Alfredo
Manzano-Agugliaro, Francisco
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Abstract
Long time series of wind data can have data gaps that may lead to errors in the subsequent analyses of the time
series. This study proposes using the wavelet transform as a system to verify that a data completion technique is
correct and that the data series behaves correctly, enabling the user to infer the expected results. Wind speed
data from three weather stations located in southern Europe were used to test the proposed method. The series
consist of data measured every 10 min for 11 years. Various techniques are used to complete the data of one of
the series; the wavelet transform is used as the control method, and its scalogram is used to visualize it. If the
representation in the scalogram has zero magnitude, it shows the absence of data, so that if the data are properly
filled in, then they have similar magnitudes to the rest of the series. The proposed method has shown that in case
of data series inconsistencies, the wavelet transform can identify the lack of accuracy of the natural periodicity of
these data. This result can be visually checked using the WT’s scalogram. Additionally, the scalograms provide
valuable information on the variables studied, e.g. periods of higher wind speed. In summary, the wavelet
transform has proven to be an excellent analysis tool that reveals the seasonal pattern of wind speed in periodograms at various scales.