ATLANTIC_CH01_Product_1 / Map of offshore windfarm siting suitability in the geographic area where waters of France, Ireland and UK meet
The three digital maps provided in this product aim to assess the degree of Offshore windfarm siting suitability existing over the geographical area extent with a focal point where waters of France, Ireland and UK meet. The maps display respectively the spatial distribution of the average and lowest...
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ftdatacite:10.12770/e920a61d-6156-494b-bfcb-1bad5f94a953 2023-05-15T17:36:57+02:00 ATLANTIC_CH01_Product_1 / Map of offshore windfarm siting suitability in the geographic area where waters of France, Ireland and UK meet Instituto Português Do Mar E Da Atmosfera IPMA 2018 https://dx.doi.org/10.12770/e920a61d-6156-494b-bfcb-1bad5f94a953 http://sextant.ifremer.fr/record/e920a61d-6156-494b-bfcb-1bad5f94a953/ unknown EMODnet Atlantic Checkpoint Unrestricted This product is limited because was built with some key data inputs presenting important gaps or limited quality to correctly support OWF siting. However, some data components contain enough information for the task. Limited: The product fails in most aspects to meet the objectives but meet some. Atlantic - CH01 - Windfarm Siting High level analyzed Delayed Energy resources Draft dataset Dataset 2018 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.12770/e920a61d-6156-494b-bfcb-1bad5f94a953 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z The three digital maps provided in this product aim to assess the degree of Offshore windfarm siting suitability existing over the geographical area extent with a focal point where waters of France, Ireland and UK meet. The maps display respectively the spatial distribution of the average and lowest windfarm siting suitability scores along with the average wind speed distribution over a time period of 10 years. They are part of a process set up to assess the fit for use quality of the currently available datasets to support a preliminary selection of potential offshore sites for wind energy development.To build these maps, GIS tools were applied to several key spatial datasets from the 5 data type domains considered in the project: Air, Marine Water, Riverbed/Seabed, Biota/Biology and Human Activities, collated during the initial stages of the project. Initially, each selected dataset was formatted and clipped to the study area extent and spatially classified according to suitability scores, to define raster layers with the variables depicting levels of current anthropogenic and environmental spatial occupation of activities, seabed depth and slope, distances to shoreline, shipping intensity, mean significant wave height, and substrate type. These pre-processed layers were employed as inputs for applying a spatial multi-criteria model using a wind farming suitability classification based on a discrete 5 grades index, ranging from Very Low up to Very High suitability. In adition to suitability maps, an average wind speed spatial distribution map for a 10 years period, at 10 m height, was obtained over the study area from the raster processing of a wind speed time series of monthly means available from daily wind analysis data. The characteristics of the datasets used in this exercise underwent an appropriateness evaluation procedure based on a comparison between their measured quality and those specified for the product. All the spatial information made available in these maps and from the subsequent appropriateness analysis of the datasets, contributes to a clearer overview of the amount of public-access baseline knowledge currently existing for the North Atlantic basin area. Dataset North Atlantic DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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The three digital maps provided in this product aim to assess the degree of Offshore windfarm siting suitability existing over the geographical area extent with a focal point where waters of France, Ireland and UK meet. The maps display respectively the spatial distribution of the average and lowest windfarm siting suitability scores along with the average wind speed distribution over a time period of 10 years. They are part of a process set up to assess the fit for use quality of the currently available datasets to support a preliminary selection of potential offshore sites for wind energy development.To build these maps, GIS tools were applied to several key spatial datasets from the 5 data type domains considered in the project: Air, Marine Water, Riverbed/Seabed, Biota/Biology and Human Activities, collated during the initial stages of the project. Initially, each selected dataset was formatted and clipped to the study area extent and spatially classified according to suitability scores, to define raster layers with the variables depicting levels of current anthropogenic and environmental spatial occupation of activities, seabed depth and slope, distances to shoreline, shipping intensity, mean significant wave height, and substrate type. These pre-processed layers were employed as inputs for applying a spatial multi-criteria model using a wind farming suitability classification based on a discrete 5 grades index, ranging from Very Low up to Very High suitability. In adition to suitability maps, an average wind speed spatial distribution map for a 10 years period, at 10 m height, was obtained over the study area from the raster processing of a wind speed time series of monthly means available from daily wind analysis data. The characteristics of the datasets used in this exercise underwent an appropriateness evaluation procedure based on a comparison between their measured quality and those specified for the product. All the spatial information made available in these maps and from the subsequent appropriateness analysis of the datasets, contributes to a clearer overview of the amount of public-access baseline knowledge currently existing for the North Atlantic basin area. |
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Instituto Português Do Mar E Da Atmosfera IPMA |
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ATLANTIC_CH01_Product_1 / Map of offshore windfarm siting suitability in the geographic area where waters of France, Ireland and UK meet |
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ATLANTIC_CH01_Product_1 / Map of offshore windfarm siting suitability in the geographic area where waters of France, Ireland and UK meet |
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ATLANTIC_CH01_Product_1 / Map of offshore windfarm siting suitability in the geographic area where waters of France, Ireland and UK meet |
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ATLANTIC_CH01_Product_1 / Map of offshore windfarm siting suitability in the geographic area where waters of France, Ireland and UK meet |
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ATLANTIC_CH01_Product_1 / Map of offshore windfarm siting suitability in the geographic area where waters of France, Ireland and UK meet |
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atlantic_ch01_product_1 / map of offshore windfarm siting suitability in the geographic area where waters of france, ireland and uk meet |
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EMODnet Atlantic Checkpoint |
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2018 |
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https://dx.doi.org/10.12770/e920a61d-6156-494b-bfcb-1bad5f94a953 http://sextant.ifremer.fr/record/e920a61d-6156-494b-bfcb-1bad5f94a953/ |
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Unrestricted This product is limited because was built with some key data inputs presenting important gaps or limited quality to correctly support OWF siting. However, some data components contain enough information for the task. Limited: The product fails in most aspects to meet the objectives but meet some. |
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https://doi.org/10.12770/e920a61d-6156-494b-bfcb-1bad5f94a953 |
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