Layer Name:         Wind Energy Resource Data

Coverage Name:      wind_data

Layer Type:         ESRI GRID and shapefile formats

Status:             Complete

Geog. Extent:       Main Hawaiian Islands

Projection:         Universal Trans Mercator, Zone 4 (Meters)

Datum:              WGS 1984

Description:        Wind Energy Resource Data collected using the MesoMap system.  Wind speed in 
                    the state of Hawaii for heights of 30, 50, 70, and 100 meters above ground.  
                    Wind power in the state of Hawaii for height of 50 meters above ground.
		
Source:             AWS Truewind, LLC, June 30, 2004.		

History:            For more information, read the Hawaii Wind Mapping Report by AWS Truewind.

		
Attributes:         Wind Speed GRID file:
		
                    Pixel Value:	Wind Speed (meters/second)

                    Wind Speed Shapefile:
                    
                    SPEED_MPS:		Wind Speed (meters/second)


                    Wind Power GRID file:
                    
                    Pixel Value:	Wind Power Density (Watts/square meters)

                    Wind Power Shapefile:

                    PWR_DENS:           Wind Power Density (Watts/square meters)


Contact:            Joan Delos Santos, Office of Planning, State of Hawaii, 
                    PO Box 2359, Honolulu, Hi.  96804; (808) 587-2895.
                    email:  jDelos_Santos@dbedt.hawaii.gov