US Offshore Wind Resource data for 2000-2020

Wind resource data for offshore United States waters was produced using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) version 4.2.1. The wind resource data in this submission is an updated version of the original WIND Toolkit data which can be found linked in this submission. The WRF model was initialized with the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts 5 Reanalysis (ERA-5) data set with an initial grid spacing of 6 km, with an internal nested domain that refined the spatial resolution to 2 km. The MYNN planetary boundary layer scheme was used. The WRF model was run for years 2000 to 2019 or 2000 to 2020 depending on the region. Outputs are available at 5 minute resolution.

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DOI 10.25984/1821404
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notes Wind resource data for offshore United States waters was produced using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) version 4.2.1. The wind resource data in this submission is an updated version of the original WIND Toolkit data which can be found linked in this submission. The WRF model was initialized with the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts 5 Reanalysis (ERA-5) data set with an initial grid spacing of 6 km, with an internal nested domain that refined the spatial resolution to 2 km. The MYNN planetary boundary layer scheme was used. The WRF model was run for years 2000 to 2019 or 2000 to 2020 depending on the region. Outputs are available at 5 minute resolution.
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title US Offshore Wind Resource data for 2000-2020