gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66216 eng UTF8 dataset Office for Coastal Management resourceProvider 2026-04-30T00:00:00 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Offshore Wind Speed and Direction publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 66216 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66216 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information mapDigital These data represent the average monthly wind speed and direction at the surface of the ocean. Source data includes values from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2010, at hourly temporal resolution, with a spatial resolution of 0.313 degrees latitude x 0.312 degrees longitude. Values for wind speed are in meters per second and wind direction in degrees from True North. To support ocean planning activities pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States, the Energy Policy Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act. 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GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian MarineCadastre project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Office for Coastal Management, [Date of Access]: Offshore Wind Speed and Direction [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66216. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: For coastal and ocean planning otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html unclassified eng; US oceans planningCadastre Microsoft Windows, ArcGIS Pro, Azure SQL -180 180 -18 75 Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055 false eng false GIS File Wind Speed Direction 2021-12-22 publication https://marinecadastre.gov/data/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://marinecadastre.gov/data/ Marine Cadastre Data Registry download https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/OffshoreWindSpeedDirection.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/OffshoreWindSpeedDirection.zip download dataset Accuracy Untested Horizontal Positional Accuracy Compiled to meet 10 meters horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level Completeness Report Untested Conceptual Consistency These data are logically consistent 1) Data were downloaded from: https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds093.1/ using wget file retrival software 2) GRIB2 files were converted to NetCDFs 3) From the hourly global composites, a monthly mean for every year was generated 4) The monthly means were averaged together for all years (1979-2010) so that each month of the year has a monthly mean grid 5) Annual means were average together for all monthly means 6) ASC Files were converted to point files 7) Point files projected into WGS 1984 GCS 8) Point files were clipped to the Economic Exclusion Zone 9) All point files for wind speed and direction were combined into a single point file with Variable and Month / Annual Summaries as the column headers 2018-08-01T00:00:00 Source Contribution: Wind Speed and Direction Wind Speed and Direction Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS), National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds093.1/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Online Linkage URL where the source data were originally accessed. information 2018-08-01