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Generalization of the logistic distribution in the dynamic model of wind direction

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Statistical regularity in the dynamics of wind direction has been found. The density distribution of the increment of the wind-direction angle has been approximated using a generalized advanced logistic distribution. The advanced logistic distribution involves an additional power-law parameter. The parameters of the approximation function have been computed from experimental data using the method of least squares. The consistency of the proposed function with meteorological data has been tested using Pearson’s chisquared test and the Kolmogorov test.

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  1. Volzhsky Branch, Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Volzhsky, Volgograd oblast, 404110, Russia

    E. V. Kaplya

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Original Russian Text © E.V. Kaplya, 2015, published in Geofizicheskie Protsessy i Biosfera, 2015, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 61–71.

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Kaplya, E.V. Generalization of the logistic distribution in the dynamic model of wind direction. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 52, 760–767 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433816070021

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