Time Series

Time series data sets from UL Solutions can help you better understand the wind resource and energy production potential for your wind project site. Available through the Windnavigator platform, use the wind map to select a location and order historical time series data or virtual met mast data to help you establish long-term wind conditions with onsite measurements, or perform analysis when onsite data is not available.

Typical Year Virtual Met Mast

Typical Year Virtual Met Mast data set is used to estimate the wind resource and energy production potential of a site when onsite measurements are not available

This data set contains a sample of 365 days scaled to our 200-meter resolution mean wind maps. The data is produced by a mesoscale model for a sample of 365 days from 15 years.The winds are scaled to our 200-meter mean wind speed maps.

Download Sample Typical Year Report

Historical Time Series

Historical time series data sets are used to perform measure-correlate-predict (MCP) for the purpose of establishing long-term wind conditions with a meteorological tower or remote-sensing system. Historical time series data span periods from 10 years to over 35 years, depending on the source.

Global reanalysis data

This data is available for download from public sources including MERRA-2, and ERA5, covering anywhere in the world and spanning 1979 to the present. Download sample. Download sample.

Weather Research and Forecasting data

WRF data are produced on UL Solutions high-performance computing cluster using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model initialized by ERA5. Available anywhere in the world, the user can choose to download a period of 10 or 20 years. Download Sample WRF.

Data specifications

	MERRA-2	ERA5	CFSR	WRF	TY-VMM
Regional coverage	Global	Global	Global	Global	Continents
Heights above ground	50m	10m and 100m	22m	10-120m	10-140m
Horizontal resolution	70km	30km	55km	3km or 9km	200m
Frequency	1 hour	1 hour	6 hour	1 hour	1 hour
Period	1980 - present	1979 - present	1979 - present	10 years ago to present	365 days sampled from 1997-2012
Wind speed	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Wind direction	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Temperature	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pressure	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Air density			✓	✓	✓
Turbulence intensity				✓	✓
Stability class				✓
Solar (GHI, DNI, clood fraction)				✓
Relative humidity				✓
Precipitation rate				✓
Model elevation and surface roughness				✓	✓
Data format	CSV

All time series data sets are provided in a universal CSV format that can be imported directly into a spreadsheet, Openwind, Windographer, and other plant design and resource assessment software.