Characterization of the Wind Speed to Design an Aspersion Irrigation System with Eolic Pumping.

The research was developed in "La Cuchilla" farm, located in the community of Sabicú, "Primero de Enero" Municipality, Ciego de Ávila Province, with the objective of characterizing the wind speed to design a sprinkler irrigation system with pumping wind. The results showed that the value of average monthly speed in the series obtained at "Camilo Cienfuegos" Meteorological Station was greater than 5.50 m s-1 in all months of the year, except in September and October, which was between 3.00 and 3.50 m s-1,. The highest wind frequency corresponded to the range of 0-6 m s-1, which represents 72.39%. The wind speed at "La Cuchilla" farm reached an arithmetic mean value of 9.53 m s-1,, and a weighted average value of 11.25 m s-1,, according to the wind frequency in the months of January, February and March. The wind pumping provided flows between 0.06 and 0.77 L s-1, which allowed storing a total daily volume of 17,640 L in the months of January, February and March. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]