South African Response to the SSG Request for Information: Errata
September 23, 2011
Contact details:SKA South Africa Project Director
Dr. Bernie [email protected]+27 11 442 2434
SKA South Africa Alternative Resource LiaisonDr. Adrian [email protected]+27 11 442 2434
Contents
1 Errata to Physical Characteristics of the Site 11.1 Wind Roses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Chapter 1
Errata to Physical Characteristics of theSite
1.1 Wind Roses
An inherent flaw in the software function that produced wind roses for the South African Report on PhysicalCharacteristics has been identified. This flaw resulted in a flip in the East-West plane for all wind roses that wereprovided. The following should be considered as information that supercedes the relevant information provided inthe report on Physical Characteristics of the Site, as submitted on the 15th September 2011.
1. Figure replacement
Figure 5.13, which is a wind rose for the period 01/01/2005 to 31/03/2011, should be replaced by the followingFigure:
2%
4%
6%
8%
WEST EAST
SOUTH
NORTH
0 − 2
2 − 4
4 − 6
6 − 8
8 − 10
10 − 12
12 − 14
14 − 16
16 − 18
18 − 20
Figure 5.13: Wind rose for all wind speed data, in units of m/s, collected in the period 01/01/2005 to 31/03/2011.
2. Annexure replacement
Annexure F10, which contains monthly wind roses, should be replaced by the new set of monthly wind rosesattached to this errata.
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