Documentation - Formats

Before you can start using WindSim, your terrain and climatology data must be converted to the WindSim formats. Below you will find examples of the field data format .gws, and the climatology formats .wws and .tws.

Field data; elevation, roughness .gws
Climatology; frequency distribution .wws
Climatology; time history .tws

WindSim contains a tool that convert the following terrain formats to .gws:

AutoCAD .dxf, .dwg
Generic .xyz
Surfer .grd
WAsP . map .rsf

WindSim contains a tool that convert the following climatology formats to .wws:

Generic time history .tws
WAsP frequency distribution.tab

Contact WindSim AS if you need assistance with the data conversion, as there is a continuous development within this area. In particular many proprietary tools have been developed to convert various time history formats to the .tws format.