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    • Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) Toolkit - Multi-year Annual Average - Canada

    Metadata Updated: May 2, 2025

    This data provides modeled annual average wind speed for Southern Canada 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.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 3, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date May 2, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Energy JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 3, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date May 2, 2025
    Publisher National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    Maintainer
    Identifier WTK_Canada_annavg
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-01-11T18:47:52.571Z
    Rights true
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 000:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Harvest Object Id aa896445-1cb1-4b9e-8b9e-9f4be06356eb
    Harvest Source Id f77dd4c2-ab3d-4bc7-8b3f-2aaa2e411d70
    Harvest Source Title Energy JSON
    Homepage URL https://www.nrel.gov/gis/wind-resource-maps.html
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Program Code 000:000
    Publisher Hierarchy National Renewable Energy Laboratory > National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 9bc7f4af0ff9e2e35fdce3bdee8f310226d994dac76d9db0411ae51c47ee392f
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 2007-01-01/2013-12-31

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