Changes in Surface Wind Speed over North America from CMIP5 Model Projections and Implications for Wind Energy

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Model</td><td align="left">Institution</td><td align="center">Resolution</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">EC-Earth</td><td align="left">EC-Earth consortium (multiple)</td><td align="center">320 × 160/T159 (L62)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">IPSL-CM5-LR</td><td align="left">Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (France)</td><td align="center">96 × 96 (L39)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">GISS-E2-H</td><td align="left">NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (USA)</td><td align="center">144 × 90 (L40)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">CSIRO-MK 3.6.0</td><td align="left">Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence (Australia)</td><td align="center">192 × 96/T63 (L31)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">ACCESS 1.0</td><td align="left">CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)</td><td align="center">192 × 145 (L38)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

List of the CMIP5 models used in this study.

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Table 1: Changes in Surface Wind Speed over North America from CMIP5 Model Projections and Implications for Wind Energy 