Wind atlas

A wind atlas contains data on the wind speed and wind direction in a region. These data include maps, but also time series or frequency distributions. A climatological wind atlas covers hourly averages at a standard height (10 meter) over even longer periods (30 years). But depending on the application there are variations in averaging time, height and period.

Application

A wind atlas is employed when pre-selecting wind farm sites. The required data include 10-minute averaged wind at heights between 30 and 100 meter over a 10 to 20 year period.

Examples

At least one wind atlas covers the globe, and other wind atlases cover the EU12 countries and the European offshore regions. Also a wind atlas has been compiled for many countries or regions.

External links

* [http://www.windatlas.dk Overview of wind atlases and wind surveys]
* [http://www.anemos.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=48&lang=de North Sea and Baltic]
* [http://www.ecn.nl/en/wind/additional/special-projects/offshore-wind-atlas Dutch part of the North Sea]
* [http://www.senternovem.nl/mmfiles/Windkaart%20van%20Nederland_tcm24-201743.pdf Netherlands, 100 meter]
* [http://www.knmi.nl/klimatologie/normalen1971-2000/index.html Netherlands, 10 meter]