GASP Global

Introduction

GASP Global is "GASP 1.0 - Global of Atlas of Siting Parameters", with the following key features:

• Global 250m wind resources, siting parameters & turbine design class
• Builds on GWA3.0 and other sources
• A joint project by EMD and DTU

Dataset Overview

• Spatial coverage: Global (offshore areas are covered up to 200 km from the coastline)
• Resolution:
  • Horizontal: 250m in grid resolution
  • Vertical: 50m, 100m and 150m as vertical levels
• Data-type: Atlas
• Coordinate system: Geographical coordinates (EPSG: 4326) in original data
• Version: 1.0

Availability from within EMD software

• windPRO: Click 'Data' -> 'Siting parameters (GASP etc)' to access the download tool. Data is loaded into a result layer with a .siteres file acting as the data-container.
• windPROSPECTING: GASP data is available through the data-tab named 'Site-prospecting'. Access to windPROSPECTING - here.
• EMD-API: Read more at the dedicated wiki-page for our Global Atlas Data Services - here. If you are accessing the GASP data from within the EMD-API, you will use the parameter group-names in order to request specific data-packages [resource-omni, resource-sector, siting-extremes, siting-fatigue-omni, siting-fatigue-sector, turbine-fatigue, turbine-fatigue-recommend, turbine-extreme, turbine-extreme-recommend].

Parameters

A very wide range of omnidirectional and sectorwise parameters are available from the Global Atlas of Siting Parameters (GASP) - including wind resources, extremes, siting parameters and turbine design classes. The tables below provides an overview of all parameters available and at which dimensions that they are available.

Dimensions

The following dimensions are used within the GASP parameters: The first four (longitude, latitude, height and sector) are used for the basic paraters; the last three (ws_class, iec_class and turbine_component) are used for the turbine design classification - and are releated to the IEC61400-1 code and the aeroelastic load model.Please note that not all dimensions are relevant or used for every GASP parameter.

Table: List of dimensions in GASP data.

Dimension	Abbreviation	Unit	Range
longitude	lon	deg	180 to -180
latitude	lat	deg	90 to -90
height	h	m	50,100,150
sector	s	deg	0,30,...,330
ws_class	wcl		I,II,III,T
iec_class	iecc		IA+, IA,...IIIC
turbine_component	tc		0,1,2,3

Wind Resource Parameters

The two tables below show the GASP parameters for wind resources data, given omnidirectional data [resource-omni] and sectorwise data [resource-sector].

Table: Resource / Atmospheric Omni-directional Parameters [resource-omni]

Variable	Description	Unit	Dimensions
weib_A	Wind distribution: A (Scale) parameter in Weibull distribution	m/s	lon, lat, h
weib_k	Wind distribution: k (shape) parameter in Weibull distribution		lon, lat, h
wsp	Wind speed - annual average	m/s	lon, lat, h
wpd	Wind power density – annual average	W/m2	lon, lat, h
air_dens	Air density (annual mean/average)	kg/m3	lon, lat, h

Table: Resource / Atmospheric Sector-wise Parameters [resource-sector]

Variable	Description	Unit	Dimensions
weib_A	Wind distribution: A (Scale) parameter in Weibull distribution	m/s	lon, lat, h, s
weib_k	Wind distribution: k (shape) parameter in Weibull distribution		lon, lat, h, s
sector_freq	Wind distribution: Sector frequency		lon, lat, h, s
wsp	Wind speed - annual average	m/s	lon, lat, h, s
wpd	Wind power density – annual average	W/m2	lon, lat, h, s
air_dens	Air density (annual mean/average)	kg/m3	lon, lat, h
elevation	Air density (annual mean/average)	kg/m3	lon, lat, h

Siting Classification - Wind Extremes

The two tables below show the GASP parameters for the extreme event data. Please note that this extreme data is only available as omnidirectional parameters.

Table: Siting Parameters – Extremes [siting-extremes]

Variable	Description	Unit	Dimensions
air_dens_p98	Air density at 98th percentile of wind speed	kg/m3	lon, lat, h
wsp_50yr	50yr extreme wind speed: Average	m/s	lon, lat, h
gumbel_alpha	50yr extreme wind speed: Gumbel distribution – alpha parameter	m/s	lon, lat, h
gumbel_beta	50yr extreme wind speed: Gumbel distribution – beta parameter	m/s	lon, lat, h

License and Attribution

The data is available throguth a Creative commons 4.0 by attribution license (CC BY 4.0).
Please accept the license conditions and use a proper attribution when using this dataset, such as:

GASP 1.0, by EMD and DTU, is a free dataset accessible via windprospecting.com, windPRO and EMD-API.

Acknowledgement

• Develoment and integration of this dataset into EMD services was done through the GASP project which is co-funded by the EUDP and the Danish Energy Agency

External Links

• GASP Project Home-Page at DTU - here