Global Wind Atlas power density (mean of top quartile - mean of bottom quartile) 1km at 100m height DTU 2015

DTU Global Wind Atlas: onshore and 30 km offshore wind climate dataset accounting for high resolution terrain effects.

The Global Wind Atlas provides a high resolution wind climatology at 50, 100, 200m hub heights above the surface for the whole world (onshore and 30 km offshore). These layers have been produced using microscale modelling in the Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program (WAsP) and capture small scale spatial variability of winds speeds due to high resolution orography (terrain elevation), surface roughness and surface roughness change effects. The layers shared through the IRENA Global Atlas are served at 1km spatial resolution. The full Atlas contains data at a higher spatial resolution of 250 m, some of the IRENA Global Atlas tools access this data for aggregated statistics.

Original website:

http://globalwindatlas.com/

Data quality and validation:

The layers have been produced by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Department of Wind Energy (DTU Wind Energy), using state-of-the art scientifically verified models and methods (Report accessible: http://globalwindatlas.com/ ).

This data is classified as POLICY+BUSINESS, according to IRENA’s classification framework for solar and wind resource maps (http://www.irena.org/DocumentDownloads/Publications/Global%20Atlas_Data%20_Quality.pdf)

- POLICY: The information provided is meant to inform high-level policy debate (identification of opportunity areas for further prospection, preliminary assessment of technical potentials), or to perform market screening (cross referencing the resource information with policy information). It is suitable for decision-making activities, excluding financial commitments.

- +BUSINESS: the information provided is a sub-sample of a dataset of better spatial and/or temporal resolution than that available from the Global Atlas, and that of sufficient magnitude to initiate business-related activities, (e.g.,. kilometre (km) or less than a-kilometre, hourly data). Detailed information can be supplied by the owner of the data.

- Detailed data quality information: http://globalatlas.irena.org/dqif/DQIF.aspx?datasetid=5039

By using this dataset, the user accepts the following Terms and Conditions:

- USE OF THE DATASET: Terms of use of the Global Wind Atlas: http://globalwindatlas.com/

- USE OF THE IRENA GLOBAL ATLAS: Terms of use of the Global Atlas for Renewable Energy shown here: http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/clients/irena/legal.html

Citation proposal
. Global Wind Atlas power density (mean of top quartile - mean of bottom quartile) 1km at 100m height DTU 2015. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/45a1225a2652a5b9ab032009c3ecb1562f151d5e