Wind PowerDensity map Iraq 5km 30 m CENER 2003-2012

Power density map is calculated, by simulating the atmosphere conditions with SKIRON mesoscale model. GFS 12 UTC cycle, from NCAR/NCEP is used as input. The period simulated is since June-2003 until June-2012. SKIRON long-term simulation is launched to cover the entire 9 years, generating hourly maps to the entire simulated period. Wind power density is calculated for every hour along the period simulated, taking into account hourly pressure and temperature simulated by the model. It means no standard air density is assumed. Then power density map is computed averaging 30 meters power density from the nine years. Typically the grid horizontal resolution is 0.05 x 0.05 and has 50 vertical levels