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Figure 1: The bathymetry of the UK Continental Shelf<\/p><\/div>\n

UK continental shelf bathymetric (depth to seabed in metres) data was selected and obtained from\u00a0Digimap<\/a>\u00a0provided by the University of Edinburgh (available with a marine Digimap License). The raw data was downloaded as 6 Arcsecond Gridded Bathymetry (120km by 120km grids) in an ASC formal. The data is from 2009. Figure 1 is a map created to show the data after minor pre-processing.<\/p>\n

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Figure 2: The mean annual wind speeds around the UK Continental Shelf<\/p><\/div>\n

The wind speed shapefile has mean annual\u00a0speed values (80 metres above sea level) for the UK continental shelf in metres per second (m\/s). It was obtained from the\u00a0Atlas of UK Marine Renewable Energy Resources<\/a>\u00a0and is freely available (The data is from 2009). Figure 2 shows the distribution of wind speed values.<\/p>\n

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Offshore oil and gas well and field shapefiles were obtained from the\u00a0Oil and Gas Authority Open Data Site\u00a0and depict the oil and gas wells and fields within the UK continental Shelf (Figures 3 & 4 below). This data was available under the Open Government Licence and is therefore freely available (Updated on October 2016).<\/p>\n

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Figure 4: Oil Fields on the UK Continental Shelf<\/p><\/div>\n

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Figure 3: Oil Wells on the UK Continental Shelf<\/p><\/div>\n

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Figure 5: The offshore wind energy activity of the UK<\/p><\/div>\n

A shapefile containing all UK offshore wind activity was obtained from Crown Estate Website<\/a>\u00a0and shows all offshore activities related to wind energy; planned projects, projects under construction, and active\/operational projects (Figure 5).\u00a0This shapefile is also freely available (Updated on the 18th<\/sup> November 2016).<\/p>\n

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All data was projected in WGS 1984<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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