575fcf6b-3a36-4ea3-8794-e4bcfcedcb71 eng series Kieran Bell The Crown Estate Marine Asset Planning Analyst MDE@thecrownestate.co.uk pointOfContact 2015-06-25 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard 2.3.8 4326 2015, Met Office, UK Offshore Wind Resource Dataset 2014-11-28 creation 2015-06-25 publication 999 The offshore wind industry is growing into a more established sector with 5 GW installed capacity in UK waters. This is set to increase further in the UK and across Europe. With the development of the sector there has been an increased demand for, and ability to provide, better data. One method of obtaining data on wind resource is mathematical modelling. This does not replace the requirement for site specific measurements and monitoring. The Crown Estate identified the potential for improvement in understanding of the UK’s offshore wind resource that could be gained from such an update and the benefit that this could bring to the sector.Following a competitive tendering process The Met Office was awarded a contract by The Crown Estate to produce the UK Offshore Wind Dataset 2015.The new wind dataset has been produced at 110m above sea level at horizontal resolutions of 4.4km (over the Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) Waters). The dataset is based on 30 years of modelled 4.4km data (December 1984 - November 2014). The Crown Estate MDE@TheCrownEstate.co.uk distributor The Crown Estate MDE@TheCrownEstate.co.uk custodian The UK Met Office Mesoscale Model Development Scientist enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk originator notPlanned Wind strength and direction Meteorology and Atmospheric Conditions SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2015-04-09 revision Wind speed NETMAR aggregation parameters 2012-07-26 revision 5 Research Research and Development Activity Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network otherRestrictions http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx 4400 eng utf8 climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere environment oceans -16 4 47 64 1984-12-01 2014-11-30 series The dataset was derived by modelling wind data as outlined in the report. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/2378/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site.