Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit
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
Citation Formats
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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 -
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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abstractNote = {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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year = {2014},
howpublished = {Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://doi.org/10.25984/1822195},
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https://dx.doi.org/10.25984/1822195
Details
Data from Sep 26, 2014
Last updated Mar 12, 2025
Submitted Sep 22, 2020
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
Wind Toolkit Team
Authors
Research Areas
Keywords
energy, power, wind, meterology, WRF, numerical weather model, model, Weather Research and Forecasting Model, ERA-Interm, ERA Interm, wind data, data, code, python, API, Eastern Wind Integration Data Set, Western Wind Integration Data Set, weather, toolkitDOE Project Details
Project Name WIND Toolkit
Project Number 26877
