Extreme wind maps such as those in the ASCE7 for the US require the extreme wind assessment for a large number of airport or climatological observing sites with long periods of data, and the standardization of the extreme winds to a common exposure condition (Basic Wind) followed by mapping of the Basic Wind in order to permit the interpolation of the winds to locations where the wind data is not available.

Wind Extreme Analysis for National Codes

ICE has carried out such mapping for Uganda and Nigeria for a large Tower Network owner/operator, as well as for Congo/Brazzaville and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for a large Engineering Company.

In the case of the Congo Mapping it was necessary to augment the observational network with data from the Operational Global Re-analysis data files in order to obtain sufficient density of stations for the mapping operation.

Wind Mapping using Global Prediction Data in Data Sparse Regions

This Re-analysis data is available Globally and can be used to provide the mapping for regions which do not have a reliable observational network with sufficient period of record.