Determinación del comportamiento meteorológico del viento en la provincia de Chimborazo, Ecuador.

Abstract

The Center for Alternative Energies and Environments of the Faculty of Sciences of ESPOCH has as main objective to contribute knowledge to the development of research, science and technology, in the field of alternative energies and environment; it is important to identify regions with similar behavior in the wind speed meteorological variable; in the province of Chimborazo-Ecuador, through the analysis of main components. The study was carried out using the Factoshiny R library and the data correspond to those obtainned from the meterological stations Alao, Atillo, Cumandá, Espoch, Matus, Multitud, Quimiag, Tunshi y Urbina; during the year 2015 in the months of January to November. The analysis of main components allowed the identification of two types of wind speed behaviors; the first is determined by the northern region of the province, with zones located at a height higher than 1000 m.a.s.l.; and the second corresponds to the subtropical region, the same one with the greatest diversity, with a totally different fauna and f lora from the former.