ERA5 Annual Mean Wind Speed Data for Selected Locations

ERA5 annual mean wind speed of the chosen locations. The dataset is a 5.5 KB Excel file authored by Said Khoudiri and last updated on May 14, 2026. It is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on the figshare platform.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking local wind speed measurements based on ERA5 reanalysis data.
• Assessing wind energy potential for specific locations based on annual mean wind speed.
• Validating climate model outputs for wind variables based on ERA5-derived statistics.
• Incorporating long-term wind climatology into environmental impact studies.

Strengths

• Data is derived from the authoritative ERA5 climate reanalysis.
• The dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for reuse.
• File size is 5.5 KB, indicating a focused and manageable scope.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

ERA5 climate reanalysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:36:19; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Chosen locations (specifics unknown).