Wind Energy Potential - 60m Elevation (NREL) [ds502]

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wind energy, renewable energy, wind resource, wind potential


Summary

Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit, Multi-year Annual Average, Multi-year (2007-2013) Annual Average Wind Speed, meters per second, at 60 meters above surface level. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 2015.

Description

***** This data has been clipped to CA, for the full version please visit the NREL webpage *****

This data provides modeled annual average wind speed for the contiguous United States both onshore and offshore for the period 20072013.

Credits

This dataset was derived from the WIND Toolkit and may be used with the following citations: Draxl, C., B.M. Hodge, A. Clifton, and J. McCaa. 2015.Overview and Meteorological Validation of the Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit(Technical Report, NREL/TP-5000-61740). Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Draxl, C., B.M. Hodge, A. Clifton, and J. McCaa. 2015. "The Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit."Applied Energy151: 355366. Lieberman-Cribbin, W., C. Draxl, and A. Clifton. 2014.Guide to Using the WIND Toolkit Validation Code(Technical Report, NREL/TP-5000-62595). Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. King, J., A. Clifton, and B.M. Hodge. 2014.Validation of Power Output for the WIND Toolkit(Technical Report, NREL/TP-5D00-61714). Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.

Extent

West -125.167199 East -112.580386
North 42.238445 South 32.184339

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in) 1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out) 1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata

Topics and Keywords

Themes or categories of the resource climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, environment


* Content type Downloadable Data
Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Place keywords California

Theme keywords wind energy, renewable energy, wind resource, wind potential

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Citation

Title Wind Energy Potential - 60m Elevation (NREL) [ds502]
Publication date 2017-09-0100:00:00


Presentation formats * digital table


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Citation Contacts

Responsible party
Organization's name National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information


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Resource Details

Dataset languages * English(UNITED STATES)
Dataset character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Status on-going
Spatial representation type * grid


* Processing environment Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333


Credits
This dataset was derived from the WIND Toolkit and may be used with the following citations: Draxl, C., B.M. Hodge, A. Clifton, and J. McCaa. 2015.Overview and Meteorological Validation of the Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit(Technical Report, NREL/TP-5000-61740). Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Draxl, C., B.M. Hodge, A. Clifton, and J. McCaa. 2015. "The Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit."Applied Energy151: 355366. Lieberman-Cribbin, W., C. Draxl, and A. Clifton. 2014.Guide to Using the WIND Toolkit Validation Code(Technical Report, NREL/TP-5000-62595). Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. King, J., A. Clifton, and B.M. Hodge. 2014.Validation of Power Output for the WIND Toolkit(Technical Report, NREL/TP-5D00-61714). Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
ArcGIS item properties
* Name DS0502_20220518
* Location Server=; :; Database=; User=; Version=
* Access protocol ArcSDE Connection

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Extents

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type Extent used for searching
* West longitude -125.167199
* East longitude -112.580386
* North latitude 42.238445
* South latitude 32.184339
* Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
* West longitude -13933548.899008
* East longitude -12532391.226896
* South latitude 3787532.319735
* North latitude 5196764.588080
* Extent contains the resource Yes

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Resource Points of Contact

Point of contact
Organization's name National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information


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Resource Maintenance

Resource maintenance
Update frequency unknown


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Resource Constraints

Constraints
Limitations of use

Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.


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Spatial Reference

ArcGIS coordinate system
* Type Projected
* Geographic coordinate reference GCS_WGS_1984
* Projection WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere
* Coordinate reference details
Projected coordinate system
Well-known identifier 102100
X origin -20037700
Y origin -30241100
XY scale 148923141.92838538
Z origin -100000
Z scale 10000
M origin -100000
M scale 10000
XY tolerance 0.001
Z tolerance 0.00020000000000000001
M tolerance 0.00020000000000000001
High precision true
Latest well-known identifier 3857
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Reference system identifier
* Value 3857
* Codespace EPSG
* Version 8.8(9.3.1.2)


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Geoprocessing history

Process
Date 2022-08-2616:08:34
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.5\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\ProjectRaster
Command issued
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Date 2022-08-2616:09:31
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.5\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CopyRaster
Command issued
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


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Distribution

Distribution format
* Name SDE Raster Dataset


Transfer options
Online source
Location https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS
Function performed information

Online source
Location https://www.nrel.gov/gis/
Function performed information

Online source
Location https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/500_599/ds502.zip
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Metadata Details

* Metadata language English(UNITED STATES)
Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Scope of the data described by the metadata * dataset
Scope name * dataset


* Last update 2022-08-26


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS1.0
Standard or profile used to edit metadata FGDC


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2022-08-2613:41:33
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2022-08-2616:09:31


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2022-08-2616:09:31


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Metadata Contacts

Metadata contact
Organization's name National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information


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Metadata Maintenance

Maintenance
Update frequency unknown


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