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Figure 5: Map showing <strong>the</strong> estimated variance of wind speed at 500 m resolution due to<strong>the</strong> orographic speed-up effects.Figure 6: Map showing <strong>the</strong> estimated variance of wind speed at 500 m resolution due to<strong>the</strong> variation of surface roughness length.4 Modelling spatial wind speed varianceAs part of an exercise test <strong>the</strong> feasibility of <strong>the</strong> methodology <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Gobal Wind Atlas,an area of <strong>the</strong> northwest United States was selected. This area will also be used in anongoing collaborative study with <strong>the</strong> National Renewable <strong>Energy</strong> Laboratory (NREL),USA. The following section is included to give an impression of <strong>the</strong> importance of <strong>the</strong>small scale spatial variation of wind <strong>for</strong> wind resource assessment.The area is of interest because of <strong>the</strong> diverse terrain types <strong>and</strong> coast areas. The area is650 x 400 km in size. Elevation data at 500 m resolution was derived from <strong>the</strong> SpaceShuttle Topography Mission (SRTM) data with 90m resolution. Surface roughnesslength data at 1 km resolution was derived from United Stated Geological Survey(USGS), Global L<strong>and</strong> Cover Classification (GLCC) data with 1 km resolution. Thetopography data was projected on to a UTM grid using UTM zone 10, <strong>and</strong> datumWGS84 <strong>and</strong> is show in Figures 3 <strong>and</strong> 4.Risø International <strong>Energy</strong> Conference 2011 Proceedings Page 220

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