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Australian Hourly Wind Data

All recorded wind speed and direction data have been compiled for stations across Australia, some islands and the Antarctic. The number of observations per day varies between sites, but is generally between 1 observation (usually 9am) and 8 observations per day at three hourly intervals. Some stations do have gaps in the data record.
 
The data for approximately 1740 stations are held on one CD ROM as compressed text files. The total size of the data is approximately 3000 Mbyte. For each station the corresponding data file contains all available observations from the start of recording until the latest available.
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The CD ROM contains additional information to help describe the process behind the wind observations. Included on the CD ROM are some details on observational instructions, and a brief section on technical notes and further references.
 
A companion product, IDCJDC06, provides daily wind information including daily mean wind speed, wind gust and wind run data.
 
Product Reference: IDCJHC01.200806
Updated: Second quarter of each calendar year
Format: CD ROM. Data records are comma-separated ASCII text compressed in ZIP format, with 1 observation per record. The CD ROM does not contain any data analysis software. Brief notes are provided, describing some properties of the data as well as the formats of the data and station listing files.
Sample: Canberra AMO
Metadata: A list of station details and the number of months of record provided for each station is included (refer to the format record for a more complete definition of fields).
Price: $126.00 Price includes GST and postage within Australia.
Contact: webclim@bom.gov.au
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Page updated: June 2008


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