Wind: Monthly and Annual Average Wind GIS Data at One-Degree Resolution of the World from NASA/SSE (1983-1993)

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Abstract
This polygon shapefile contains data for wind speed at 50 m above the surface of the Earth (m/s) These data are 10-year monthly and annual averages ranging from July 1983 to June 1993. The source data was downloaded from the Surface Meteorology and Solar Energy (SSE) website as text files. The tabular data was then converted to the shapefile format. This is the 5th release of these data.
Purpose
These data provide investors and other stakeholders with reliable, verifiable and accessible information on the solar resource potential for the data domain.

Description

Type of resource cartographic, software, multimedia
Form Shapefile
Extent 8.404999999999999
Place Hampton, Virginia, US
Publisher NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center
Date valid 1983 - 1993
Publication date 2005
Language English
Digital origin born digital
Map data Scale not given. ; W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creators/Contributors

Creator NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center

Subjects

Subject Wind power
Subject Earth
Subject 1983 > 1993
Subject Climatology, Meteorology and Atmosphere
Subject Utilities and Communication
Subject Earth (Planet)
Genre Geospatial data
Genre Cartographic dataset

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Supplemental information

Spatial Extent: Global Bounding
Coordinates (decimal degrees) South: -90.00, North: 90.00, West:
-180.00, East: 180.00Co-ordinate System: Geographic, Datum: WGS84,
Ellipsoid: WGS84. Polygon shapefile with fields as defined belowID
(mandatory) - I4, unique identifier for each polygonannual
(mandatory) - R4, mean annual value in (kWh/m2/day)jan, feb, mar,
apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec (optional) - R4, mean
monthly value in (kWh/m2/day)janmin, febmin, marmin, aprmin, maymin,
junmin, julmin, augmin sepmin, octmin, novmin, decmin (optional) - R4,
minimum monthly mean value in (kWh/m2/day)janmax, febmax, marmax,
aprmax, maymax, junmax, julmax, augmax, sepmax, octmax, novmax, decmax
(optional) - R4, maximum monthly mean value in (kWh/m2/day)numyears
(optional) - I4, number of years used in estimate
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/wp386wc6721

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Copyright
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Preferred citation

NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center. (2008) Wind: Monthly and Annual Average Wind GIS Data at One-Degree Resolution of the World from NASA/SSE (1983-1993). NASA Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/wp386wc6721

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NASA Surface Meteorology and Solar Energy : Global Data Sets

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