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Wind resource data and turbulence from the Orkney mast

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posted on 2021-04-15, 08:13 authored by Kurt Schaldemose HansenKurt Schaldemose Hansen, Nikola Vasiljevic, Steen Arne SørensenSteen Arne Sørensen
This resource dataset consists of 10-minute wind speed and wind direction measurements from the met mast on Burger Hill, Orkney Island, Scotland. The period includes more than 1 year of measurements, which starts in 2000.<div>Detailed site documentation is available <a href="https://gitlab.windenergy.dtu.dk/fair-data/winddata-revamp/winddata-documentation/-/blob/master/orkney.md">here.</a><br><div><br></div><div><b>Data files:</b></div><div>1) orkney_all.nc</div><div>2) orkney_concurrent.nc</div><div><br></div><div>3) Raw time series = orkney.zip (ascii), </div><div>each with a duration of 600-3600 sec and </div><div>sampled with 1 Hz.</div></div>

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Location

Lat: 59.116279 Long: -3.14689

Date

Start date: 2000-05-04 Stop date: 2001-12-03

Topic

  • Siting;>Resource assessment
  • Siting;>Design conditions;>Turbulence
  • Siting;>Design conditions;>Extreme wind

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  • Not applicable

Activities

  • Measurements;>Field experiment

External conditions

  • Location;>Onshore;>Coastal
  • Topography;>Rural

Data category

  • Meteorological data

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