The dataset was produced in the framework of the project openFRED. The data are dedicated to force energy system models, i.e. relevant parameters for wind energy (gust estimates), for solar energy (direct
This is an atmospheric hindcast for Western Europe and the North Atlantic using COSMO-CLM version 5.0 with spectral nudging from 2002-2017. MERRA2 reanalysis data are used as forcing. Additionally transient
It contains the Coriolis_parameter, the soil albedo under dry and saturated conditions, the soil type, the ground fraction of vegetation of deciduous and evergreen forest, the area fraction of land-sea,