Abstract
This article introduces the 2023 National Offshore Wind data set (NOW-23), which offers the latest wind resource information for offshore regions in the United States. NOW-23 supersedes, for its offshore component, the Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit, which was published a decade ago and is currently a primary resource for wind resource assessments and grid integration studies in the contiguous United States. By incorporating advancements in numerical weather prediction modeling, NOW-23 delivers an updated and cutting-edge product to stakeholders. In this article, we present the new data set, which underwent regional tuning and performance validation against available observations. We also provide a summary of the uncertainty quantification in NOW-23, along with NOW-WAKES, a 1-year post-construction data set that quantifies expected offshore wake effects in the U.S. mid-Atlantic lease areas. Stakeholders can access the NOW-23 data set at https://doi.org/10.25984/1821404 (Bodini et al., 2020).
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1965-2006 |
Number of pages | 42 |
Journal | Earth System Science Data |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2024 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/JA-5000-87730
Keywords
- NOW-23
- offshore wind
- Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit
- WRF