%0 Journal Article
%T An¨¢lise dos padr£¿es de vento no Estado de Alagoas
%A Costa
%A Gabriel Brito
%A Lyra
%A Roberto Fernando da Fonseca
%J Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia
%D 2012
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Meteorologia
%R 10.1590/S0102-77862012000100004
%X aiming to evaluate areas with good prospects for harnessing wind power, the patterns of wind speed and direction measured at anemometric towers within the atlas e¨®lico e dissemina£¿£¿o da tecnologia e¨®lica no estado de alagoas project were compared for the period from 12/2007 to 11/2008, at alagoas state. we analyzed three distinct regions: coast, agreste and sert£¿o. the patterns with higher average wind speeds were in the agreste regions (7.1 ¡À 1.2 ms-1 monthly) followed by sert£¿o (6.8 ¡À 0.9 ms- 1 monthly) and by coast (5.3 ¡À 0.8 ms-1 monthly). the regularity of the wind speed and the low variability of wind direction make alagoas be a great option for the installation of wind turbines.
%K wind power
%K wind patterns
%K alternative energy sources.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-77862012000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en