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Wave Depth
Published by National Renewable Energy Laboratory · Updated 08/14/2024 · Irregularly
- Last updated
- 08/14/2024
- Update frequency
- Irregularly
- Formats
- 1
- ZIP
- Coverage
- Nationwide
- Federal data
About this dataset
The project estimated the naturally available and technically recoverable U.S. wave energy resources, using a 51-month Wavewatch III hindcast database developed especially for this study by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Centers for Environmental Prediction. For total resource estimation, wave power density in terms of kilowatts per meter is aggregated across a unit diameter circle. This approach is fully consistent with accepted global practice and includes the resource made available by the lateral transfer of wave energy along wave crests, which enables densities within a few kilometers of a linear array, even for fixed terminator devices.
Files and access
Links open the official government source
- Wave Depthnrel.govZIP
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Frequently asked questions
- Who publishes Wave Depth?
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, part of Department of Energy, publishes this dataset on Data.gov.
- How often is it updated?
- The publisher lists the update frequency as irregularly. The last update was on 08/14/2024.
- How do I download it?
- It is available as ZIP. Use the links in Files and access, which open the official government source.
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- Wave DirectionNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce · Office for Coastal ManagementWave hindcast direction represents the direction of peak in directionally-resolved wave energy flux. Wave hindcast direction values in this dataset are represented in degrees. The Wave Energy Resource Assessment project is a joint venture between NREL and VirgZIPUpdated 04/30/2026
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Catalog checked 10/24/2026
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