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Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit

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Wind resource data for North America was produced using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF). The WRF model was initialized with the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Interim Reanalysis (ERA-Interm) data set with an initial grid spacing of 54 km. Three internal nested domains were used to refine the spatial resolution to 18, 6, and finally 2 km. The WRF model was run for years 2007 to 2014. While outputs were extracted from WRF at 5 minute time-steps, due to storage limitations instantaneous hourly time-step are provided for all variables while full 5 min resolution data is provided for wind speed and wind direction only.

The following variables were extracted from the WRF model data:
- Wind Speed at 10, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 200 m
- Wind Direction at 10, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 200 m
- Temperature at 2, 10, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 200 m
- Pressure at 0, 100, 200 m
- Surface Precipitation Rate
- Surface Relative Humidity
- Inverse Monin Obukhov Length

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TY - DATA AB - Wind resource data for North America was produced using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF). The WRF model was initialized with the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Interim Reanalysis (ERA-Interm) data set with an initial grid spacing of 54 km. Three internal nested domains were used to refine the spatial resolution to 18, 6, and finally 2 km. The WRF model was run for years 2007 to 2014. While outputs were extracted from WRF at 5 minute time-steps, due to storage limitations instantaneous hourly time-step are provided for all variables while full 5 min resolution data is provided for wind speed and wind direction only. The following variables were extracted from the WRF model data: - Wind Speed at 10, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 200 m - Wind Direction at 10, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 200 m - Temperature at 2, 10, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 200 m - Pressure at 0, 100, 200 m - Surface Precipitation Rate - Surface Relative Humidity - Inverse Monin Obukhov Length AU - Maclaurin, Galen A2 - Draxl, Caroline A3 - Hodge, Bri-Mathias A4 - Rossol, Michael DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI) DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory DO - 10.25984/1822195 KW - energy KW - power KW - wind KW - meterology KW - WRF KW - numerical weather model KW - model KW - Weather Research and Forecasting Model KW - ERA-Interm KW - ERA Interm KW - wind data KW - data KW - code KW - python KW - API KW - Eastern Wind Integration Data Set KW - Western Wind Integration Data Set KW - weather KW - toolkit LA - English DA - 2014/09/26 PY - 2014 PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory T1 - Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit UR - https://doi.org/10.25984/1822195 ER -
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Maclaurin, Galen, et al. Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 26 September, 2014, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://doi.org/10.25984/1822195.
Maclaurin, G., Draxl, C., Hodge, B., & Rossol, M. (2014). Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit. [Data set]. Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.25984/1822195
Maclaurin, Galen, Caroline Draxl, Bri-Mathias Hodge, and Michael Rossol. Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, September, 26, 2014. Distributed by Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://doi.org/10.25984/1822195
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The following variables were extracted from the WRF model data:
- Wind Speed at 10, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 200 m
- Wind Direction at 10, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 200 m
- Temperature at 2, 10, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 200 m
- Pressure at 0, 100, 200 m
- Surface Precipitation Rate
- Surface Relative Humidity
- Inverse Monin Obukhov Length}, url = {https://data.openei.org/submissions/2}, year = {2014}, howpublished = {Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://doi.org/10.25984/1822195}, note = {Accessed: 2025-05-08}, doi = {10.25984/1822195} }
https://dx.doi.org/10.25984/1822195

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Data from Sep 26, 2014

Last updated Mar 12, 2025

Submitted Sep 22, 2020

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Wind Toolkit Team

Authors

Galen Maclaurin

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Caroline Draxl

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Bri-Mathias Hodge

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Michael Rossol

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Project Name WIND Toolkit

Project Number 26877

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