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The first well-known wind atlas was the European Wind Atlas, published in 1989. Russia published a wind atlas in 2000, followed by Egypt in 2006. A global wind atlas was then made in order to help as many countries as possible.
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wind atlas covers hourly averages at a standard height (10 meters) over even longer periods (30 years) but depending on the application there are variations in averaging time, height and period.
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sites. The required data includes 10-minute averaged wind at heights between 30 and 100 meters over a 10 to 20-year period.
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offshore regions. Wind atlases have also been compiled for many countries or regions.
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At least one wind atlas covers the globe, and other wind atlases cover the
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Finnish Wind Atlas (Finnish Meteorological Institute)
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"Welcome to our wind atlas section - WAsP"


"Wind atlases"
"Who Discovered Wind Energy? The History of Wind Energy | Inspire Clean Energy"
"Wind atlases"
Overview of wind atlases and wind surveys
Global Wind Atlas

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