TMY3 Weather files - middle of the ocean

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Two students have a background in marine sciences involving ocean
platforms and are learning building energy modelling.

Is there a source for weather data that is generated from something like
a buoy or something that would not have any wind-blocks or other land
based influences?

I see there is data available on the EERE website for Kwajalein Atoll in
Marshall Islands but Im not sure if there are any big differences
between this data and a sole platform in the middle of the ocean.

Although the study is a purely a hypothetical exercise, close to Norway
would be ideal!

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The ISD (Integrated Surface Hourly Database) of archived weather station reports from
around the world includes dozens of reports from buoys or oil platforms in various
places. I have tended to ignore the buoys, but have kept track of the oil platform
weather reports. For Norway, there are three oil platforms with sufficient data to create
simulation-usable weather files:

013755,Gullfax(Platform),2013,Complete,628,NOR_GULLFAX(PLATFORM)_013755_13.zip,NOR,61.033,2.033,10,0.0
010886,Sleipner-A-Oil-Platf,2013,Complete,642,NOR_SLEIPNER-A-OIL-PLATF_010886_13.zip,NOR,58.367,1.900,30,1.0
010887,Troll-C-Oil-Platform,2013,Complete,646,NOR_TROLL-C-OIL-PLATFORM_010887_13.zip,NOR,60.886,3.610,20,1.0

The raw data from ISD can be accessed at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/isd/index.php

If you want more information or help about processing the ISD, please send me an e-mail.

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