surface wind speed variable datasets
Summary of observation-based historical datasets with surface wind speed and/or direction available
Report table: 3.8
Count: 25
| Name | Source | Data type | Spatial domain | Spatial resolution | Temporal coverage | Time step | Data format | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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MSC Observations
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable (1940 to present) | Hourly;Daily; Monthly | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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MSC Climate Normals
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | 1941-1970, 1951-1980, 1961-1990, 1971-2000 and 1981-2010 | 30-year means with a decadal increment | CSV;GeoJSON | details |
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AHCCD
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CRD/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable (1950 to 2014) | Monthly | ASCII; CSV;GeoJSON | details |
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Hydro-Québec Station data
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Hydro-Québec | Station data | Northern Québec at hydroelectric stations | Point Data | Variable,1990 to present | Variable (hourly to daily) | - | details |
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MISU
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Bolin Centre for Climate ResearchStockholm University | Ship-based data | Oden cruise trajectory | Point data | August, September, 2018 | 1-minute and 30-minute averages | MatlabNetCDFCSV | details |
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WorldClim2
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UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) | Gridded observations | Global (land only) | 30 arc s (1 km) | 1970-2000 | Monthly | GeoTIFF | details |
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PNWNAMET
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PCIC | Gridded observations | North-western North America | 3.75 arc minutes (~6 km) | 1945-2012 | Daily | ASCII;NetCDF | details |
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Met1km
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NRCan | Blend of gridded products | Canada | 1 km x 1 km | 1901–2100 | Daily | n.a. | details |
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Canadian Wind Atlas
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ECCC | Numerical simulations | Canada | 2 km | 2008 – 2010 | 10 min | CSV | details |
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ERA5
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ECMWF | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.25° x 0.25° | 1950 - present | Hourly;Daily;Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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CFSR
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NCEP | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.5°x0.5° | 1979/01 to 2017/11 | Sub-daily;Monthly | GRIB | details |
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MERRA2
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NASA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | ½° latitude x ⅝° longitude | 1980/01 to present | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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JRA-55
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JMA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.6258ᵒ x 0.6258ᵒ | 1957/12 to 2021/05 | 3h; 6h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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ASRv2
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Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University/ David Bromwich,NCAR,CIRES,U Illinois | Regional reanalysis | Arctic | 15 km x 15 km | 2000/01 to 2016/12 | 3h;Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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NARR
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NCEP | Regional reanalysis | North America | 32 km x 32 km | 1979/01 to 2021/04 | Sub-daily; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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RDRSv2
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CCMEP/ECCC | Regional reanalysis | North America | 10 km | 2000 - 2017,(1980 - 1999 pending) | Hourly | RPN | details |
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20CRv3
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NOAA-CIRES-DOE | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | T254 (approximately 75 km at the equator) | 20CRv3.SI is available for years 1836-1980 and 20CRv3.MO is available for years 1981-2015 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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ERA5-Land
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ECMWF | Land surface reanalysis/model | Global (land only) | 0.1° x 0.1° (9 km) | 1950 to present | Hourly;Monthly | GRIB;NetCDF | details |
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ECOA
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ECMWF | Operational analysis | global | 7 km | 2016-present | 6h | NetCDF | details |
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AgERA
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ECMWF | Re-gridded reanalysis | Global (land only) | 0.1° x 0.1° | 1979- present | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgCFSR
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NASA | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25°× 0.25° | 1980-2010 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgMERRA
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NASA | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25°× 0.25° | 1980-2010 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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GMFD
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Princeton University | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25°× 0.25° | 1948-2016 | 3h;Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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CRU JRA v2.1
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University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit (CRU) | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.5°× 0.5° | Jan.1901 - Dec. 2020 | 6h | NetCDF | details |
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S14FD
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Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS) | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1958-2013 | Daily | NetCDF | details |