WindRose PRO3 - Analyzing and Plotting Directional Software
WindRose PRO is a Windows application for analyzing and plotting directional variables starting from raw data or from their frequencies. It can be used to represent wind roses, but it is also possible to represent any other directional variable. A wind rose is a chart which gives a view of how wind speed and wind direction are distributed at a particular location over a specific period of time. It is a very useful representation because a large quantity of data can be summarized in a single plot.- Loads AERMOD surface meteorological files
- Loads CALMET 5.8 and CALMET 6 surface meteorological files
- Loads ISC3ST meteorological files
- Loads TD-1440 meteorological files
- Loads EnergyPlus Weather files
- Loads Typical Meteorological Year files (TMY2 and TMY3)
- Loads ASCII fields delimited files
- Loads Microsoft Excel files (XLS and XLSX)
- Loads NOAA ISH (Integrated Surface Hourly) or ISD (Integrated Surface Data)
- Loads data as frequencies
- Automatically creates different types of charts
- Batch processing for creating hourly, three-hourly and monthly wind roses
- Saves plots and charts in many raster formats (BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, and others)
- Exports wind rose plots as KML files for Google Earth
- Exports numerical results in Microsoft Excel format (charts built inside)
- Typical day is calculated when date and time are loaded
- Date/time filtering according to year, month, day of the week, hour of the day or day/night hours
- Possibility to read a third variable within the Microsoft Excel file
- Plots wind roses with up to 360 directions
- Plots minimum/average/maximum values
- Plots of raw data
- Plots of raw data of for the third variable
- Plots of rays
- Allows to edit and save the features of wind turbines
- Calculates circular statistics
- Calculates the theoretical wind power distribution
- Calculates the theoretical wind power distribution with a specific wind turbine
- Calculates crosswind, headwind and tailwind, and evaluates the correct orientation of a runway
- Calculates aeolian transport: drift potential, resultant drift potential, resultant drift direction
- Calculates odor separation distances with the Austrian and German empirical equations
- Calculates the wind erosion emission factors for PM30, PM15, PM10 and PM2.5
- Automatically produces a text summary of the data
- Allows to add the user’s logo on plot
- Title, legend, notes and user logo positioned with mouse dragging
- Personalised notes can be saved in Rich Text File (RTF) format
You can view here some plots generated with WindRose PRO3.
WindRose PRO3 reads the meteorological data from several file formats. Particularly, it reads the meteorological input files of important dispersion models, such as AERMOD and the old ISC3ST. Also, it reads the SURF.DAT file of CALMET (versions 5.8 and 6.5). Excel files and other formats are also managed when data are stored as explained in the user’s guide.
WindRose PRO3 allows to export an Excel file with several statistics and pre-built charts than can be personalized by the user. Among the available information within the Excel file there are:
- Summary of the input data
- Joint frequencies
- Circular statistics
- Exceeding frequencies
- Typical day
- Hourly distribution of directions
- Hourly distribution of directional data
- Monthly distribution of directional data
- Erosion potential (optional)
- Crosswind and tailwind distribution (optional)
- Wind power potential (optional)
- Aeolian transport (optional)
- Odor separation distances (optional)
Plots can be customized acting on colors, number of wind speed intervals (or, in general, directional data intervals), number of directions in wind roses (up to 360). Also, raw data can be represented to study their distributions.
When directional data are associated to date and time, the production of hourly, monthly and seasonal plots is automated. A very useful function to understand the data distribution in different periods of the year and different hours of the day.
WindRose PRO3 does not only create stunning plots. It can also be used for calculating:
- theoretical wind power distribution
- theoretical wind power distribution with a specific wind turbine
- crosswind, headwind and tailwind
- evaluation of the correct orientation of a runway
- aeolian transport: drift potential, resultant drift potential, resultant drift direction
- odor separation distances with the Austrian and German empirical equations
- wind erosion emission factors for PM30, PM15, PM10 and PM2.5
The log file can be copied or saved in RTF format. It contains many useful information to use in technical reports.
WindRose PRO3 is available with an annual subscription. Visit its web page to discover the price.
WindRose PRO3 is a Microsoft Windows-based program. Minimum suggested requirements are:
- A modern and powerful CPU
- Windows 10 or higher
- At least 1 GB of RAM