verde.datasets.fetch_texas_wind

verde.datasets.fetch_texas_wind()

Fetch sample wind speed and air temperature data for the state of Texas, USA.

Data are average wind speed and air temperature for data for February 26 2018. The original data was downloaded from Iowa State University.

If the file isn’t already in your data directory, it will be downloaded automatically.

Returns:

data : pandas.DataFrame

Columns are the station ID, longitude, latitude, air temperature in C, east component of wind speed in knots, and north component of wind speed in knots.

See also

setup_texas_wind_map

Utility function to help setup a Cartopy map.

Examples using verde.datasets.fetch_texas_wind

Gridding with splines

Gridding 2D vectors (uncoupled)

Model Selection

Trend Estimation

Wind speed data from Texas