Böen Lower Austria: Hourly Wind Gust Measurements from Air Quality Network

Hourly mean wind gust values from the Lower Austria air quality monitoring network, provided in meters per second. The data is updated every hour in Central European Time, with daily files covering measurements from 0 to 2 p.m. of the current day. The dataset is provided by the Cooperation OGD Österreich and Wikimedia Österreich under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing hourly wind gust patterns based on the one-hour mean values mentioned in the description.
• Modeling local air quality dispersion based on wind data from the monitoring network.
• Validating meteorological forecasts for the region based on real-time gust observations.
• Studying diurnal wind cycles based on the hourly update frequency.

Strengths

• Data is updated every hour, providing near real-time observations.
• Measurements are provided as one-hour mean values, which may reduce noise.
• The dataset has a specific geographic focus on Lower Austria.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The temporal coverage is limited to the current day's measurements from 0 to 2 p.m.

Provenance

Source

Cooperation OGD Österreich, Wikimedia Österreich

Collection Method

Measurements from the NÖ air quality monitoring network.

Time Range

Current day, 0 to 2 p.m. CET.

Freshness

Updated hourly.

Geography

Lower Austria, Austria.