Sector |
Essential climate variable (ECV) |
Description |
Wind speed, direction and gustiness |
Calculation method |
Title |
Period |
Processing |
Unit |
Comment |
Hourly wind speed |
Hourly |
Hourly time series of wind speed computed using U and W components of wind from HARMONIE-AROME |
m/s |
|
Hourly wind direction |
Hourly |
Wind direction computed using U and W components of wind from HARMONIE-AROME. |
degrees |
|
Hourly gustiness |
Hourly |
The hourly time series of wind gustiness computed using U and W components of gustiness from HARMONIE-AROME |
mIs |
|
Wind speed monthly min |
Monthly |
The monthly minimum wind speed |
m/s |
|
Wind speed monthly mean |
Monthly |
The monthly mean wind speed |
m/s |
|
Wind speed monthly max |
Monthly |
The monthly maximum wind speed |
m/s |
|
Wind speed mearly min |
Yearly |
The yearly minimum wind speed |
m/s |
|
Wind speed yearly mean |
Yearly |
The yearly mean wind speed |
m/s |
|
Wind speed yearly max |
Yearly |
The yearly maximum wind speed |
m/s |
|
Wind speed mean over period |
Five years |
Mean wind speed for the full period |
m/s |
|
Provenance |
Air temperature is computed by HARMONIE-AROME |
Validation |
The simulations made by HARMONIE-AROME in Urban SIS has been validated against observations in Urban SIS deliverable 5.1, where an overview is given in Table 4. For wind a more extensive analysis have been made in section 4.4. |