The objective of this work is to develop a software tool for wind data implemented in Matlab with two partial goals:
-Validate the wind data set through the quality control of wind data.
-Analyze the wind data in order to generalize the obtained results.
It is specifically developed to evaluate wind data collected in four weather stations in the Palestinian Territories. However, it is a general program, so wind data from any other source could be analyzed as well.
The main goals of each of the parts, quality control and analysis, are explained below:
-In the part of quality control, the aim is to find erroneous or suspicious values which deteriorate the quality of the data available using different evaluation tests.
-In the part of assessment, once the data has been checked by the quality control, general information is obtained using the statistical methodology, such as the wind rose, Weibull distribution parameters, anemograms of the evolution of the wind in a specific period.
Two different analyses will be carried out: a general analysis over a period of 3 years for Hebron, and a period of 2 years for Salfeet and Tubas; and a specific analysis for the year 2011, where the results of the different stations will be compared between each other, and with the results obtained in the general evaluation.