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!
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.
Joe Huang