Global Atlas for Siting Parameters Ocean and Coasts - Ensemble calculation of 50-year return winds

This report shows some results and describes the methodology behind the ensemble calculation of 50-year return winds for oceans and coastal areas during the Global Atlas for Siting Parameters Ocean and Coast (GASPOC1) Project. These data complement the high-resolution onshore/nearshore global atlas for siting parameters². The enhancements include the expansion of data coverage to oceans, the inclusion of two more reanalysis products, and the further improvement/enhancement of the methodology for coastal and tropical cyclone affected areas. The input reanalysis data is described in Section 2, the workflow is described in Section 3, and the results are presented in Section 4 including final outputs and possible applications. The rest of the report is rounded out with a summary section (Section 5), and information on where to obtain the data (Section 6). More in-depth analysis related to the reported findings is documented in the Appendix.