Accessible Wave Energy Resource Atlas Ireland
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Marine Institute |
| Country | Ireland  |
| Time period | ESBI Pelamis Wave Energy Atlas 2005 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | North Atlantic Ocean. Celtic Sea. St. George's Channel. Irish Sea. |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Wave direction; Wave height and period statistics; Wave height estimates |
| Instruments | Wave recorders |
| Description | |
| Summary | The Irish Wave Power Atlas published in 2005 describes an initial comparison between several years of hourly wave forecasts (using WAM) on a grid of points located off the Irish coast with corresponding records from a number of buoys installed in recent years. Based on the level of agreement found the wave forecasts were then modified slightly and used to estimate and map the mean annual power and energy resources at the theoretical, technical, practicable and accessible levels. Spatial data from the atlas consists of shapefile layers generated by the Pelamis model. Annual Average Wave Height (m), Annual Average Wave Period (s), Annual Average Power Practicable (MW), Annual Pelamis Energy (MW), Seasonal Average Power Flux kW (kW), Seasonal Hydro Energy MW hours (MW), Seasonal Pelamis Average Power MW (MW) and Seasonal Pelamis Energy GW hours (GW). |
| Originators | Marine Institute |
| Data web site | http://data.marine.ie/Dataset/Details/20929 |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Marine Institute |
| Availability | Licence |
| Contact | Ocean Science and Information Services (Scientific and Technical Officer) |
| Address | Marine Institute |
| Telephone | +353-91-387200 |
| Facsimile | +353-91-387201 |
| datarequests@marine.ie | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Marine Institute |
| Local identifier | ER.IE.MI.OSIS.AccesssibleWaveEnergyResourceAtlas |
| Global identifier | 6498 |
| Last revised | 2015-09-14 |
| Status | Deprecated |
