NREL National Wind Technology Center (NWTC): M2 Tower; Boulder, Colorado (Data)
The National Wind Technology Center (NWTC), located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains near Boulder, Colorado, is a world-class research facility managed by NREL for the U.S. Department of Energy. NWTC researchers work with members of the wind energy industry to advance wind power technologies that lower the cost of wind energy through research and development of state-of-the-art wind turbine designs. NREL's Measurement and Instrument Data Center provides data from NWTC's M2 tower which are derived from instruments mounted on or near an 82 meter (270 foot) meteorological tower located at the western edge of the NWTC site and about 11 km (7 miles) west of Broomfield, and approximately 8 km (5 miles) south of Boulder, Colorado. The data represent the mean value of readings taken every two seconds and averaged over one minute. The wind speed and direction are measured at six heights on the tower and air temperature is measured at three heights. The dew point temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, totalized liquid precipitation, and global solar radiation are also available.
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AB - The National Wind Technology Center (NWTC), located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains near Boulder, Colorado, is a world-class research facility managed by NREL for the U.S. Department of Energy. NWTC researchers work with members of the wind energy industry to advance wind power technologies that lower the cost of wind energy through research and development of state-of-the-art wind turbine designs. NREL's Measurement and Instrument Data Center provides data from NWTC's M2 tower which are derived from instruments mounted on or near an 82 meter (270 foot) meteorological tower located at the western edge of the NWTC site and about 11 km (7 miles) west of Broomfield, and approximately 8 km (5 miles) south of Boulder, Colorado. The data represent the mean value of readings taken every two seconds and averaged over one minute. The wind speed and direction are measured at six heights on the tower and air temperature is measured at three heights. The dew point temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, totalized liquid precipitation, and global solar radiation are also available.
AU - Jager
A2 - Andreas
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - NWTC
KW - m2
KW - tower
KW - midc
KW - solar
KW - irradiance
KW - meterological
KW - measurement
KW - instrumentation
KW - solar calendar
KW - wind rose
KW - display
KW - real-time
KW - weather
KW - outdoor
KW - global
KW - temperature
KW - humidity
KW - wind
KW - pressure
KW - precipitation
KW - thermopile
KW - pyranometer
KW - research
KW - wind energy
KW - renewable energy
KW - RE
KW - Boulder
KW - colorado
LA - English
DA - 2014/12/18
PY - 2014
PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
T1 - NREL National Wind Technology Center (NWTC): M2 Tower; Boulder, Colorado (Data)
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/8140
ER -
Jager, and Andreas. NREL National Wind Technology Center (NWTC): M2 Tower; Boulder, Colorado (Data). National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 18 December, 2014, NREL. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/33.
Jager, & Andreas. (2014). NREL National Wind Technology Center (NWTC): M2 Tower; Boulder, Colorado (Data). [Data set]. NREL. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/33
Jager and Andreas. NREL National Wind Technology Center (NWTC): M2 Tower; Boulder, Colorado (Data). National Renewable Energy Laboratory, December, 18, 2014. Distributed by NREL. https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/33
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title = {NREL National Wind Technology Center (NWTC): M2 Tower; Boulder, Colorado (Data)},
author = {Jager and Andreas},
abstractNote = {The National Wind Technology Center (NWTC), located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains near Boulder, Colorado, is a world-class research facility managed by NREL for the U.S. Department of Energy. NWTC researchers work with members of the wind energy industry to advance wind power technologies that lower the cost of wind energy through research and development of state-of-the-art wind turbine designs. NREL's Measurement and Instrument Data Center provides data from NWTC's M2 tower which are derived from instruments mounted on or near an 82 meter (270 foot) meteorological tower located at the western edge of the NWTC site and about 11 km (7 miles) west of Broomfield, and approximately 8 km (5 miles) south of Boulder, Colorado. The data represent the mean value of readings taken every two seconds and averaged over one minute. The wind speed and direction are measured at six heights on the tower and air temperature is measured at three heights. The dew point temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, totalized liquid precipitation, and global solar radiation are also available.},
url = {https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/33},
year = {2014},
howpublished = {NREL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/33},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-29}
}
Details
Data from Dec 18, 2014
Last updated Dec 18, 2024
Submitted Dec 18, 2014
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
Jager, D.
Authors
Original Source
https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/33Research Areas
Keywords
NWTC, m2, tower, midc, solar, irradiance, meterological, measurement, instrumentation, solar calendar, wind rose, display, real-time, weather, outdoor, global, temperature, humidity, wind, pressure, precipitation, thermopile, pyranometer, research, wind energy, renewable energy, RE, Boulder, coloradoDOE Project Details
Project Number GO28308
