View source for New European Wind Atlas (NEWA)

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[[Image:NEWA-map-with-legend.png|right|thumb|450px|Spatial domain for the NEWA mesoscale data. Image showing wind speeds on November 17th 2018.]]
==Introduction==
The New European Wind Atlas (NEWA) is a high resolution mesoscale dataset that was modelled and provided by the NEWA consortium. NEWA was established as an ERANET+ project with a total budget of 13.1 million euros and it was executed over the years 2016-2019. One of the project outcomes was a comprehensive mesoscale modelling with a spatial coverage of the whole of the European Union and Turkey - and extending at least 100km from any known coastlines. 10 years of data has been made available in a temporal resolution of 30 minutes. A total of 1.37 million individual data-nodes (points) are instantly available from within windPRO.

===Dataset Overview===
* '''Content:''' Limited feature subset of the NEWA mesoscale dataset - but full spatial coverage (1.37 million nodes).
* '''Spatial resolution:''' 3km
* '''Temporal resolution:''' Timestep 30 minutes
* '''Coverage:''' European Union and Turkey (see the map to the right)
* '''Period:''' 10 years of data from 2009-01-01 to 2018-12-31 
* '''Update schedule:''' This dataset is not updated

==Usage Notes==
# '''I am interested in other parameters. Where can I get those?''' See a complete list and download these directly from the NEWA homepage: https://map.neweuropeanwindatlas.eu (time-series download is not directly possible)
# '''Why is only 10 years of data available?''': The mesoscale modelling in the NEWA project covered 30 years (1989-2018) - but currently only the last 10 years has been made available to the public from the NEWA consortium.
# '''Where can I learn about the performance of the data?''': The NEWA data was included as part of the EMD data benchmarks for the EMD-WRF Europe+ dataset. Here different reanalysis and mesoscale data sources were compared to 300+ high-quality masts within the European domain. The validation report is freely available - [https://help.emd.dk/knowledgebase/content/TechNotes/TechnicalNote7_EMDWRF_EUROPE_Validation.pdf here].
# '''How can I get turbulence intensities from the NEWA data - as only the Turbulent Kinetic Energy (TKE) is given as a parameter?''': As of October 2021, windPRO does not support the use of TKE as a turbulence parameter. However, you can use a (manual) procedure to convert it - by the use of Microsoft Excel or a similar spreadsheet. A procedure is suggested [https://help.emd.dk/mediawiki/images/5/5d/NEWA_TKE-to-TI.pdf here].

==Dataset Parameters==
The following parameters are available from the NEWA mesoscale data-subset in windPRO:

<center>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ align="bottom"|Table: Overview of NEWA Dataset Parameters (3km grid).
!Parameter(s)
!Description
!Unit
|-
|time
|UTC time stamp
|YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM
|-
|T.100, T.200
|Temperature in 100m and 200m agl
|degK
|-
|TKE.100
|Turbulent Kinetic Energy in 100m agl
|(m/s)^2
|-
|WD.100, WD.200
|Wind direction in 100m and 200m agl
|deg
|-
|WS.100, WS.200
|Wind speed in 100m and 200m agl
|m/s
|-
|}
</center>

==License and Attribution==
This dataset is a subset of the NEWA mesoscale dataset that has been released under the Creative Commons By Attribution 4.0 license (CC-BY-40) - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. As a part of the license conditions, the data-owner requires an attribution, such as:
 
<pre>
Source: Data obtained from the “New European Wind Atlas, a free, web-based application developed, owned and operated by the NEWA Consortium. 
For additional information see www.neweuropeanwindatlas.eu". Distribution through EMD and windPRO - EMD International A/S, 2021. License: CC-BY-40.
</pre>

==Required windPRO License and Modules==
This dataset can be accessed from the most recent version of windPRO given that you hold an active service agreement and a license to the following modules:
* BASIS
* METEO

== External Links and References==
* NEWA - main homepage: https://www.neweuropeanwindatlas.eu
* NEWA - map and data: https://map.neweuropeanwindatlas.eu
* NEWA - Model setup: https://map.neweuropeanwindatlas.eu/about
* NEWA - Mesoscale publication: https://zenodo.org/record/2682604#.YT7qZH3RYUE

==Acknowledgement and Credits==
# Credits and Acknowledgement: The NEWA Consortium for the release of the NEWA mesoscale dataset as a free and open dataset.
# Integration of this dataset into EMD services was co-supported through the RECAST project (http://www.recastproject.dk) which is co-funded by the Danish Innovation Fund