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Average Wind Speed at 70m, Tompkins County NY, 2003
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- AWS Truewind, LLC
- Publication Date
- 2003
- Title
- Average Wind Speed at 70m, Tompkins County NY, 2003
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- raster digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Ithaca, NY
- Publisher
- Cornell University Department of Utilities and Energy Management
- Online Linkage
- https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/catalog/cugir-007877
- Abstract
- This file was created using the MesoMap system which consists of an integrated set of atmospheric simulation models, databases, and computers and storage systems. At the core of MesoMap is MASS (Mesoscale Atmospheric Simulation System), a numerical weather model, which simulates the physics of the atmosphere. MASS is coupled to a simpler wind flow model, WindMap, which is used to refine the spatial resolution of MASS and account for simple localized effects of terrain and surface roughness. MASS simulates weather conditions over a region for 366 historical days randomly selected from a 15-year period. When the runs are finished, the results are input into WindMap. Truewind subsequently validates the wind maps. The final product is a grid of cells each containing a single value of average wind speed (m/s) at a hub height of 70 meters, for a 40,000 square meter area.
- Purpose
- The purpose of creating this file was to use MesoMap to create high-resolution wind resource maps of the state and to provide wind resource data in a format enabling the assessesment potential wind development sites in a GIS. By combining a sophisticated numerical weather model capable of simulating large-scale wind patterns with a microscale wind flow model responsive to local terrain and surface conditions, they enable the mapping of wind resources with much greater accuracy than has been possible in the past. In addition, they do not require surface wind data to make accurate predictions. While on-site measurements will be required to confirm the predicted wind resource at any particular location, mesoscale-microscale modeling can greatly reduce the time and cost required to identify and evaluate potential wind project sites.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2003
- Bounding Box
- West
- -76.69611
- East
- -76.235723
- North
- 42.626817
- South
- 42.261918
- Theme Keyword
- wind speed
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- Atmospheric circulation--Computer simulation
- atmosphere
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- ISO Topic Category
- climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
- Theme Keyword
- climate
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- CUGIR Category
- Place Keyword
- Tompkins County (N.Y.)
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- Temporal Keyword
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- This map was created by AWS Truewind using the MesoMap system and historical weather data. Although it is believed to represent an accurate overall picture of the wind energy resource, estimates at any location should be confirmed by measurement. Please cite AWS Truewind, LLC when using these data.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- None planned
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- AWS Truewind
- Delivery Point
- 255 Fuller Road, Suite 274
- City
- Albany
- State
- New York
- Postal Code
- 12203-3656
- Country
- United States
- Contact Telephone
- (518)437-8660
- Credit
- AWS Truewind, LLC
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
- Data Quality Information
- Logical Consistency Report
- Completeness Report
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- Quantitative Horizontal Positional Accuracy Assessment
- Lineage
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Raster
- Raster Object Information
- Raster Object Type
- Grid Cell
- Row Count
- 202
- Column Count
- 189
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Planar
- Grid Coordinate System
- Grid Coordinate System Name
- State Plane Coordinate System 1983
- State Plane Coordinate System
- SPCS Zone Identifier
- 3102
- Transverse Mercator
- Planar Coordinate Information
- Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
- row and column
- Coordinate Representation
- Abscissa Resolution
- 200.000000
- Ordinate Resolution
- 200.000000
- Planar Distance Units
- meters
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- North American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid Name
- Geodetic Reference System 80
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.000000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257222
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- GeoTIFF
- Format Name
- metadata
- Format Name
- HTML metadata
- Format Name
- OGC:WMS
- Distributor
- Albert R. Mann Library
- Online Access
- https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/78/77/cugir-007877.zip
- Online Access
- https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/78/77/fgdc.xml
- Online Access
- https://cugir-data.s3.amazonaws.com/00/78/77/fgdc.html
- Online Access
- https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/geoserver/cugir/wms?version=1.1.0request=GetMaplayers=cugir007877bbox=-76.70992161000001,42.25097103,-76.22191138999999,42.63776397width=256height=202srs=EPSG:4326format=image/png
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20190604
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Albert R. Mann Library
- Contact Address
- Address
- Albert R. Mann Library
- City
- Ithaca
- State or Province
- New York
- Postal Code
- 14853
- Country
- USA
- Contact Voice Telephone
- 607-255-5406
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- mann-ref@cornell.edu
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
