ÜSTÜN windPROSPER maps
Introduction
During years 2016-2018, EMD International A/S has formed a project partnership with the Technical University of Denmark and ÜSTÜN Energy Engineering LLC from Turkey within the Eurostars project “windPROSPER”. In early 2019 final products have started to be implemented into windPRO, with EMD releasing the ERA5-based EMD-WRF Europe+ mesoscale wind map. The “ÜSTÜN windPROSPER Maps” is another of the outputs of the project and it delivers high quality, up-to-date roughness maps of Turkey and Denmark. Now, it is possible to get access to the ÜSTÜN windPROSPER maps directly from the online-services of windPRO. These commercial data are licenced directly from ÜSTÜN Energy Engineering with a yearly subscription. Planned maintenence of the dataset is scheduled at a one or two years cycle. In windPRO, the following ÜSTÜN windPROSPER maps are available for Turkey and Denmark:
- Roughness maps
- Tree height maps
The roughness and tree height maps were derived from satellite images and local digitized maps through a detailed study encompassing both urban and vegetated areas. With the ÜSTÜN windPROSPER maps, you can have the most realistic, up-to-date roughness map of Turkey and Denmark ready to use in your windPRO application and modules. For Turkey, the tree height database includes the 47 most common tree types of Turkey as well as the non-vegetated areas. Read more at ÜSTÜN Energy Engineering here.
Data Applicability and Availability within windPRO
Forest Height Data:
The forest height data are used as input for the dedicated sub-models in windPRO which takes into account the forest impact on the wind flow. This is the displacement height calculator and the Objective Roughness Approach (ORA) tool. Both forest models are available from windPRO 3.2+. The forest data is accessed from the online-services from the ‘elevation grid object’ with data-type set to ‘Heights above terrain (a.g.l) for elements’.
Forest Height Data:
Roughness data are available in the 'area object' as well as within the 'line object'.
Coverage
ÜSTÜN windPROSPER maps currently covers the following domains:
- Turkey
- Denmark
Validation
Current model that has been developed and validated by ÜSTÜN Energy Engineering LLC has also become subject of scientific publications. The applied forest model is published in an SCI-Expanded indexed journal this month in open access format. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ese3.496)
Contact
In order to get access to the data - all you need to do for registration is to contact ÜSTÜN Energy Engineering in Turkey www.USTUNEnerji.com and fill out a short form with your company information and windPRO license number. In a few days time, your maps will be available directly in windPRO when accessing the windPRO online-services.
Links
- ÜSTÜN Energy Engineering - WindPROSPER maps: http://ustunenerji.com/en/maps/
- EMD-WRF Europe+ - WindPROSPER mesoscale wind map and time-series data at this wiki
- WindPROSPER at Eurostars
- EMD participation in WindPROSPER was co-funded by Innovation Fund Denmark - https://innovationsfonden.dk