MERRA2

From variable 3.8
Summary of observation-based historical datasets with surface wind speed and/or direction available
reference

source
NASA
data type
Global atmospheric reanalysis
spatial domain
Global
spatial resolution
½° latitude x ⅝° longitude
temporal coverage
1980/01 to present
time step
Hourly; Daily; Monthly
data format
NetCDF
comments
2nd generation reanalysis. Provides 2 m, 10 m and 50 m eastward and northward wind, surface wind speed and Maximum surface wind speed.