TY - BOOK AU - Aiello, José Luis, et al. TI - Prospect, evaluation and characterization of aeolian energy PY - 1980/// CY - Quito PB - OLADE KW - Energía Eólica KW - Vientos KW - América Latina N1 - Impreso; Documentos Olade; Historical background on the use of aeolian energy. Nature of the wind. Wind power and energy. Instruments for measurement. Beaufort scale. Anemometres. Anemoscopes. Anemocinemographs. Electronic anemocinemographs. Data handling. Beaufort scale. Travelled distance registers. Rose of the winds. Histograms of electronic compilers. Registers with wind direction recording. Prospect of zones and sites of interest. Energy evaluation. Basic anemometric station. Data processing. Wind velocity probability distribution curves. Wind characterization. Vertical gradient. Gusts and storms. Rose of the winds ER -