Study on Wind Characteristics Using Bimodal Mixture Weibull Distribution for Three Wind Sites in Taiwan

Feng-Jiao Liu¹, Hong-Hsi Ko², Shyi-Shiun Kuo², Ying-Hsin Liang² and Tian-Pau Chang This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.²

¹Department of Electrical and Information Technology, Nankai University of Technology, Nantou, Taiwan 542, R.O.C.
²Department of Multimedia Animation and Applications, Nankai University of Technology, Nantou, Taiwan 542, R.O.C.

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