summary: The wind data on the Mediterranean coast are taken from the ERA-40 meteorological reanalysis (Uppala et al., 2005) produced by the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) for the period 01/01/1979-31/12/2008. The maps provide the most relevant wind parameters for the whole year and the four seasons from the shore to 50 km offshore. If the map title mentions a specific season (Spring (March to May), Summer (June to August), Fall (September to November) or Winter (December to January)) then the data are season-averaged. Otherwise, the averaging has been performed over the 30 years of the time series.
history: The wind data are taken from the ERA-40 meteorological reanalysis produced by the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) for the period 01/01/1979-31/12/2008. The displayed wind speed information corresponds to a height of 10 meter above sea level.
references: Uppala, S.M., Kållberg, P.W., Simmons, A.J., Andrae, U., da Costa Bechtold, V., Fiorino, M., Gibson, J.K., Haseler, J., Hernandez, A., Kelly, G.A., Li, X., Onogi, K., Saarinen, S., Sokka, N., Allan, R.P., Andersson, E., Arpe, K., Balmaseda, M.A., Beljaars, A.C.M., van de Berg, L., Bidlot, J., Bormann, N., Caires, S., Chevallier, F., Dethof, A., Dragosavac, M., Fisher, M., Fuentes, M., Hagemann, S., Hólm, E., Hoskins, B.J., Isaksen, L., Janssen, P.A.E.M., Jenne, R., McNally, A.P., Mahfouf, J.-F., Morcrette, J.-J., Rayner, N.A., Saunders, R.W., Simon, P., Sterl, A., Trenberth, K.E., Untch, A., Vasiljevic, D., Viterbo, P., and Woollen, J. 2005: The ERA-40 Reanalysis. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., in press.
rights: All the information generated in the frame of the IREMARE-MED national research project (ADEME n° 1705C0016) is provided free of charge, without warranty of any kind. When used, this information should be cited as : “The IREMARE-MED project was funded by the Agence de l’environnement et de la maîtrise de l’énergie (ADEME 1705C0016) and coordinated by MINES ParisTech/ARMINES. The output is publicly available at (tds.webservice-energy.org)”.
Contributors:
Dr. Yves-Marie Saint-Drenan (Principal Investigator)
Prof. Thierry Ranchin (Principal Investigator)
Lionel Menard (Data Manager)
Keywords:
Energy (DIF)
Renewable energy (DIF)
Marine energy (DIF)
Wind (DIF)
Electricity (DIF)
IREMARE-MED (DIF)
Mediterranean (DIF)
Thredds (DIF)
TDS (DIF)
NetCDF (DIF)
Projects:
Informations sur la Ressource pour les Energies MArines REnouvelables en MEDiterranée IREMARE-MED, funded by ADEME (Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maitrise de l'Energie/Agency for the Environment and Energy Control, French Public Institution), convention n° 1705C0016.
