Wave and Offshore Wind Resource in the U.S. Pacific Ocean Minor Outlying Islands

Description

Coastal environments such as islands have unique opportunities for renewable energy resources. This work explores the wave and offshore wind energy potential for the U.S. Pacific Ocean Minor Outlying Islands, including Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island. A numerical wave model based on WAVEWATCH III and SWAN (both are NWS / NOAA models) was developed, validated, and executed to generate a 32-year hindcast dataset suitable for resource characterization for each island. A complementary offshore wind resource characterization is provided for the same time period based on the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Reanalysis v5 (ERA5). Each island has five netcdf files: 1. wave_[island]_annual_J_map.nc: the data used to generate the map of annual averaged omnidirectional wave power (J [kW/m]) 2. wave_[island]_100m_IEC: six IEC parameters at 100m isobath from 1979/01/01 to 2020/12/31, output hourly 3. wave_[island]_5km_IEC: six IEC parameters at 5km from the shoreline 1979/01/01 to 2020/12/31, output hourly 4. wind_island_100mASL_windspeed_timeseries.nc: wind speed timeseries from ERA5 at 100 m above sea level within a 60 km radius of the island (m/s) 1979/01/01 to 2010/12/31, output hourly 5. wind_island_100mASL_winddirection_timeseries.nc: wind direction timeseries from ERA5 at 100 m above sea level within a 60 km radius of the island (degrees) 1979/01/01 to 2010/12/31, output hourly

Resources

Name Format Description Link
32 The data used to generate the map of annual averaged omnidirectional wave power (J [kW/m]) for Wake Island https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wave_wake_annual_J_map.nc
32 The data used to generate the map of annual averaged omnidirectional wave power (J [kW/m]) for Johnston Atoll https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wave_johnston_annual_J_map.nc
32 Six IEC parameters at 100m isobath from 1979/01/01 to 2020/12/31, output hourly for Jarvis Island https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wave_jarvis_100m_IEC.nc
32 Six IEC parameters at 100m isobath from 1979/01/01 to 2020/12/31, output hourly for Baker and Howland Islands https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wave_baker_howland_100m_IEC.nc
32 Six IEC parameters at 100m isobath from 1979/01/01 to 2020/12/31, output hourly for Wake Island https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wave_wake_100m_IEC.nc
32 Six IEC parameters at 5km from the shoreline 1979/01/01 to 2020/12/31, output hourly, for Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wave_palmyra_kingman_5km_IEC.nc
32 Six IEC parameters at 5km from the shoreline 1979/01/01 to 2020/12/31, output hourly, for Johnston Atoll https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wave_johnston_5km_IEC.nc
32 Six IEC parameters at 5km from the shoreline 1979/01/01 to 2020/12/31, output hourly, for Wake Island https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wave_wake_5km_IEC.nc
32 Six IEC parameters at 5km from the shoreline 1979/01/01 to 2020/12/31, output hourly, for Baker and Howland Islands https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wave_baker_howland_5km_IEC.nc
32 Six IEC parameters at 100m isobath from 1979/01/01 to 2020/12/31, output hourly for Johnston Atoll https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wave_johnston_100m_IEC.nc
32 Six IEC parameters at 100m isobath from 1979/01/01 to 2020/12/31, output hourly for Palmyra Atoll and Kingman Reef https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wave_palmyra_kingman_100m_IEC.nc
32 ERA5 100 m wind speed within 60 km of Baker Island https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wind_baker_100mASL_windspeed_timeseries.nc
32 ERA5 100 m wind speed within 60 km of Howland Island https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wind_howland_100mASL_windspeed_timeseries%20%281%29.nc
32 ERA5 100 m wind speed within 60 km of Jarvis Island https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wind_jarvis_100mASL_windspeed_timeseries.nc
32 ERA5 100 m wind speed within 60 km of Johnston Atoll https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wind_johnston_100mASL_windspeed_timeseries.nc
32 ERA5 100 m wind speed within 60 km of Kingman Reef https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wind_kingman_100mASL_windspeed_timeseries.nc
32 ERA5 100 m wind speed within 60 km of Palmyra Atoll https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wind_palmyra_100mASL_windspeed_timeseries.nc
32 ERA5 100 m wind direction within 60 km of Baker Island https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wind_baker_100mASL_winddirection_timeseries.nc
32 ERA5 100 m wind direction within 60 km of Howland Island https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wind_howland_100mASL_winddirection_timeseries.nc
32 ERA5 100 m wind direction within 60 km of Jarvis Island https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wind_jarvis_100mASL_winddirection_timeseries.nc
32 ERA5 100 m wind direction within 60 km of Johnston Atoll https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wind_johnston_100mASL_winddirection_timeseries.nc
32 ERA5 100 m wind direction within 60 km of Kingman Reef https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wind_kingman_100mASL_winddirection_timeseries.nc
32 ERA5 100 m wind direction within 60 km of Palmyra Atoll https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wind_palmyra_100mASL_winddirection_timeseries%20%281%29.nc
32 ERA5 100 m wind direction within 60 km of Wake Island https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wind_wake_100mASL_winddirection_timeseries%20%281%29.nc
47 Metadata for IEC wave parameters. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/READ_ME_Pacific_Minor_Outlying_Islands.txt
32 The data used to generate the map of annual averaged omnidirectional wave power (J [kW/m]) for Baker Island and Howland Island https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wave_baker_howland_annual_J_map.nc
32 The data used to generate the map of annual averaged omnidirectional wave power (J [kW/m]) for Palmyra Atoll and Kingman Reef https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wave_palmyra_kingman_annual_J_map.nc
32 The data used to generate the map of annual averaged omnidirectional wave power (J [kW/m]) for Jarvis Island https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wave_jarvis_annual_J_map.nc
32 Six IEC parameters at 5km from the shoreline 1979/01/01 to 2020/12/31, output hourly, for Jarvis Island https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wave_jarvis_5km_IEC.nc
32 ERA5 100 m wind speed within 60 km of Wake Island https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/512/wind_wake_100mASL_windspeed_timeseries.nc

Tags

  • wave-energy
  • marine-energy-resource-assessment-and-characterization
  • jarvis-island
  • offshore-wind
  • ecmwf
  • baker-island
  • wake-island
  • howland-island
  • wave
  • palmyra-atoll
  • wind-direction
  • wind
  • era5
  • johnston-atoll
  • characterization
  • pacific-ocean
  • wind-speed
  • wave-height
  • numerical-model
  • offshore
  • south-pacific
  • resource
  • kingman-reef

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