Wind Speed Maps
Work with your preferred spatial analysis platform to conduct in-depth analysis and create wind maps. Access comprehensive wind data provided in standard GIS-compatible formats.
What is included
Raster Data
- Format: GeoTIFF
- Resolution: 200m
- Annual Average Wind Speed at user-defined hub heights
- Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
- Roughness
Vector Data
- Format: ESRI Point Shapefiles (.shp)
- Resolution: 2km
- Wind Distribution Data (wind speed, power, Weibull A and k, and frequency percentages in 1 m/s bins)
- Annual Average Wind Speed at four user-defined hub heights
- Wind Rose - frequency and speed in 16 direction sectors
- Roughness
- Monthly Data - average annual wind speeds by month
- Diurnal Data - average annual wind speeds by hour
- Air density, Power density & Weibull parameters new
KML Files
- Format: .KMZ
- Resolution: 200m
- View and modify map in Google Earth
- Annual Average Wind Speed at user-defined hub heights
Integrate this data with OpenWind to determine your offsets and developable areas for comprehensive wind farm planning. Learn more about OpenWind.
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