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Close .Historical Data TIMES Long-Term High Resolution Time Series. Up to 30 years 10-minute time series modelled at 300 m. LES Turbulence Wind Time Series. Provides high-resolution (100m) modeled virtual datasets for anywhere in the world. SERIES Historical Wind Time Series. When local measurements are already available and long-term extrapolations are required. BLOCKS Gridded Time Series & WRG. Filter through different variables such as time of day, season, or stability. FARM Wind Resource Grid (WRG) Files. Probably the most complete modeling product on the market. MAPS Regional Wind Resource Maps. Wind resource data across a large area at 3 km or 1 km resolution. MAST Virtual Met Masts. Designed to help you in the important decision of placing a real met mast on the field. EXTREMES Extreme Wind Speed Events. Extreme events beyond the usual Vref calculations under different return periods. ICING Wind Farm Icing Probability. Provides a fairly reasonable estimate of the combined probability of frost and wind between critical thresholds. Forecast SEASONAL Seasonal Wind Speed Anomaly Forecasts. Forecasts for wind speed anomalies over periods up to 12 months. Knowledge Center Documents Papers, Presentations, and Wind Maps Blog Technical Info, Events, and News Pricing Pay per Run, Packages, and Subscriptions FAQ Frequently Asked Questions About Contact Try Vortex Data Modeled Wind Resource Data At any site worldwide. Onshore and offshore . Try Vortex Data Log In Wind Farm Development Made Easy Vortex is an online atmospheric modeling service addressed to the technical Wind & Site departments that provide global estimations of wind at places or periods where no measurements are available. Try Vortex Data How Can Vortex Help You? Press Play to learn how. Accuracy If accuracy is relevant for you, Vortex is your right choice. Dozens of internal and third-party validations prove the higher precision of Vortex’s modeled wind resource data. Unique Products Vortex LES is the most measurement-like synthetic dataset currently available. It includes a 3-seconds gust and turbulence intensity time-series at any location worldwide. Pioneering Approach Since 2009, our on-demand modeling approach uses no pre-computed data, optimizes the automatic modeling chain, and delivers our customers only their interest data. We Believe the Wind Can Be Modeled. Frequently Asked Questions How does VORTEX work? Vortex uses a supercomputer cluster to run a non-linear flow model (WRF) that scales large atmospheric patterns (NCAR-NCEP, ECMWF and NASA) down to fine spatial resolutions (SRTM), generating modelled wind resource data suitable to be used where and when no measurements are as yet available. What makes the VORTEX approach different from other wind modelers? Current wind modellers on the market offer either pre-calculated products or specific studies on a consultancy basis. Pre-calculated modelled wind resource data need to cover the whole world and are therefore simpler than Vortex ones: lower resolutions, linear flow results, etc. Instead, Vortex has automated a full non-linear modelling chain down to the microscale. Each calculation is performed on-demand, only on the client’s area of interest and without a need of a slow human interaction. Vortex is initialised by users, allowing direct interaction between the clients PC and our computer cluster over the Internet. This approach is much faster (and its price more competitive) than consultancy and much more powerful than pre-calculated results of wind resource data. Which technology runs behind the VORTEX interface? Vortex’s system core, WRF, is a sophisticated code that has been effectively employed to describe the physics and dynamics of atmospheric circulations with a significant degree of realism at a wide range of scales. WRF is neither a microscale nor large-scale model but is a one-in-all. WRF accuracy is based on the ability to portray the different mechanisms that interact at each one of the relevant atmospheric scales. The WRF model is the result of years of development by the atmospheric research community combined with additional experience from the extended use for weather forecast applications and modelling wind resource data. The usual truncation, or simplification, of the equations that control atmospheric movements of air masses, is definitively small in WRF when compared to other lighter atmospheric codes. However, equally as relevant as this non-linear approach, is how the model includes other relevant factors such as radiation, thermal effects, air-sea-land interactions. In this sense, WRF is a modular model that can be adapted for different applications depending on the scale of the atmospheric movements, surface boundaries and thermal characteristic of the air masses, etc. How is turbulence simulated in VORTEX high resolution time series, VORTEX LES? For microscale applications, the WRF model poses a CFD algorithm based on the Large Eddy Simulation (LES) approach. WhenCFD algorithm based on the LES approach. WhenWRF is coupled to the LES model the result is commonly known as WRF-LES model. This means that the simulation is run as usual but the turbulence parameterisation is replaced by the LES model and hence turbulent eddies are resolved. Vortex has improved the source code for its implementation for real simulations. This modified version of the model is the so-called Vortex-LES. How can I improve the offshore wind resource analysis? LES can mitigate uncertainty in offshore project wind resource assessment analysis by adding the possibility of simulating a virtual mast at any position on the wind turbines layout. Moreover, and in the context of the European offshore development, LES outstanding accurate representation of neutral stability conditions ensure more realistic estimation of vertical profiles in sites across North and Baltic seas. More Questions Knowledge Center Wind Speed Anomaly Maps Q1 2024 EUROPE View article » Wind Speed Anomaly Maps Q1 2024 OCEANIA View article » Wind Speed Anomaly Maps Q1 2024 LATAM View article » Wind Speed Anomaly Maps Q1 2024 NAM View article » Wind Speed Anomaly Maps Q1 2024 Asia View article » Wind Speed Anomaly Maps Q1 2024 Africa View article » More Articles Ready to Get Started? Sign up for your free account and gain access to wind and solar data at any coordinate worldwide. Try Vortex Data Modeled wind resource data for the wind industry. At any site around the world. 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