Wind - model statistics for 1979-2013 at 10-200 meters above the North Sea - KNW End user pack of maps and time series

The KNW (KNMI North Sea Wind) atlas is based on the ERA-Interim reanalyses dataset which captures more than 40 years (January 1979 - August 2019) of meteorological measurements and generates 3D wind (temperature, etc) fields consistent with these measurements and the laws of physics. Read the manual at the KNW website: https://www.knmiprojects.nl/projects/knw-atlas. This dataset is downscaled using the state-of-the-art weather forecasting model, HARMONIE with a horizontal grid of 2.5 km. The vertical profile of wind speed was calibrated against the 200 m tall Cabauw measurement mast to obtain a single wind shear correction coefficient which was applied throughout the whole dataset. The result is a high resolution dataset of more than 40 years: the KNW dataset. The model statistics in this specific dataset cover the original 35 year period of the KNW Atlas.

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Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Dataset name KNW-ENDUSER-PACK
Dataset version 1.0
Dataset edition 8
Dataset manager Andrew Stepek
Maintainer KNMI Data Services
Publication timestamp 2015-06-12T08:38:45Z
Reference system identifier EPSG4326
North bound latitude 55.0
East bound longitude 8.0
South bound latitude 50.0
West bound longitude 1.0
Dataset start time 1979-01-01
Dataset end time 2014-01-01
Update frequency notPlanned
Status completed
Identifier urn:xkdc:ds:nl.knmi::KNW-ENDUSER-PACK/1.0/
License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Lineage statement Every 6 hours the ERA-Interim Re-analysis initializes the HARMONIE Weather Model cycle 37h1.1 throughout the whole of the model domain. The atlas is comprised of the successive 1-6 hour HARMONIE forecasts after each 6 hourly cold start.
Supplemental information KNW website: https://www.knmiprojects.nl/projects/knw-atlas
Use limitation No use limitations
Last metadata update March 28, 2022, 12:43 (UTC)