Twenty-one data sets with widely varying wind speed characteristics are analyzed to investigate the predictive capability of three measure-correlate-predict (MCP) methodologies: the Variance Ratio, Mortimer’s, and artificial neural networks (ANNs). Th . . .

A project submitted to the faculty of the California Maritime Academy in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

The United States is highly dependent on fossil fuels as a primary source of energy. An interest in viable renewable sources of energy is on the rise given the cost and availability of petroleum based energy. A source of untapped renewable energy exis . . .