Title: Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit, Multi-year Annual Average

Publisher: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado
Publication date: 2015

Contact: windtoolkit@nrel.gov
https://www.nrel.gov/grid/wind-toolkit.html

Format: raster
File Type: GeoTiff
Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic
Unit: meters
Geodetic: WGS84, EPSG: 4326
Data resolution: 2km x 2km
Raster value: Multi-year (2007-2013) Annual Average Wind Speed, meters per second, at 100 meters above surface level

Description: This data provides modeled annual average wind speed for Mexico and surrounding areas both onshore and offshore for the period 2007–2013.

This dataset was derived from the WIND Toolkit and may be used with the following citations:

Draxl, C., B.M. Hodge, A. Clifton, and J. McCaa. 2015. Overview and Meteorological Validation of the Wind Integration National Dataset Toolkit (Technical Report, NREL/TP-5000-61740). Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Draxl, C., B.M. Hodge, A. Clifton, and J. McCaa. 2015. "The Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit." Applied Energy 151: 355366.

Lieberman-Cribbin, W., C. Draxl, and A. Clifton. 2014. Guide to Using the WIND Toolkit Validation Code (Technical Report, NREL/TP-5000-62595). Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

King, J., A. Clifton, and B.M. Hodge. 2014. Validation of Power Output for the WIND Toolkit (Technical Report, NREL/TP-5D00-61714). Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory.


To learn more about the WiND Toolkit, please visit:
https://www.nrel.gov/grid/wind-toolkit.html
