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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2664-0880</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Meteorología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Cubana Met.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2664-0880</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Meteorológica de Cuba]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2664-08802020000400007</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Estimación del recurso eólico sobre Cuba: modelo WASP vs modelo WEST]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Estimation of Cuban wind resource: WASP model vs WEST model]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Roque-Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alfredo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alonso-Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yoandy]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Soltura-Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rolando]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Meteorología  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Loma de Casablanca La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Empresa de Ingeniería y Proyectos de Electricidad  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>26</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2664-08802020000400007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2664-08802020000400007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2664-08802020000400007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Estimar el recurso eólico de un sitio o región determinado con fines de generación de electricidad, resulta esencial para el posterior emplazamiento de un aerogenerador o parque eólico. Diversas técnicas son empleadas para ello acopladas en su inmensa mayoría en modelos físicos-matemáticos que permiten obtener una representación del potencial eólico con elevada confiabilidad. El recurso eólico de Cuba ha sido evaluado en diversas ocasiones por especialistas cubanos utilizando dichas técnicas, siendo las más notables las obtenidas mediante el empleo del modelo de microescala Wind Atlas and Aplication Program (WASP) y el modelo Wind Energy Simulation ToolKit (WEST), este último no empleado en su totalidad para Cuba y para lo que fue necesario la aplicación de un método objetivo para disminuir los errores en la estimación. En este trabajo se realiza una comparación de las estimaciones realizadas por ambos modelos, especialmente en la obtención de la Densidad de Potencia Media del Viento a 50m de altura sobre la superficie. Se concluye que el tema no está agotado y que nuevos esfuerzos adicionales en la esfera de la modelación numérica, acompañado con datos de mayor calidad, mapas de orografía y rugosidad actualizados y con mayor resolución, pudieran revelar nuevas zonas con recurso eólico de interés y confirmar las ya encontradas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Estimating the wind resource of a given site or region for the purpose of generating electricity is essential for the subsequent location of a wind turbine or wind farm. Various techniques are used for this, mostly coupled with physical-mathematical models that allow to obtain a representation of wind potential with high reliability. The Cuban wind resource has been evaluated on several occasions by Cuban specialists using these techniques, the most notable being those obtained through the use of the Wind Atlas and Application Program (WASP) microscale model and the Wind Energy Simulation ToolKit (WEST) model, the latter not fully used for Cuba and for which it was necessary to apply an objective method to reduce errors in the estimate. In this work a comparison is made of the estimates made with both models, especially in obtaining the Average Wind Power Density at 50m above the surface. It is concluded that the issue is not exhausted and that new additional efforts in the field of numerical modeling, accompanied by higher quality data, updated orography and roughness maps, could reveal new areas with wind resource of interest and confirm those already found.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[modelo WASP]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[modelo WEST]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[energía eólica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[WASP model]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[WEST model]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[wind energy]]></kwd>
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