UMERC 2026: Marine Energy Resource Characterization

This page collects every link from the Marine Energy Resource Characterization workshop presented at the 2026 UMERC + METS Conference

Program overview: Marine Energy Resource Assessment and Characterization

The session covered measurement campaigns, the data dissemination ecosystem (Marine Energy Atlas, MHKDR/OEDI, MHKiT), a live Atlas demonstration, the wave hindcast, and hands-on tidal exercises at Western Passage. Links are listed under the title of the slide they appear on, so the page can be followed alongside the presentation.

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Measurements

• Data Generation: Measurements: Arecibo, Puerto Rico: CDIP 249
• Data Generation: Measurements: Arecibo, Puerto Rico: NDBC 41121
• Data Generation: Measurements: Buxton, North Carolina: CDIP 250
• Data Generation: Measurements: Buxton, North Carolina: NDBC 41120

Data Dissemination Overview

• Marine Energy Atlas: Overview: Marine Energy Atlas
• Amazon Web Service Data Access: Overview: MHKDR Wave Hindcast, Submission 326
• Amazon Web Service Data Access: Overview: MHKDR Tidal and Current Hindcast, Submission 632
• Open Data Access: Working With Data: MHKiT-Python on GitHub

Marine Energy Atlas Demonstration

The links below are deep-links that restore the viewport and layer state shown on each slide.

• Marine Energy Atlas: Overview: National Wave Layer View
• Marine Energy Atlas: Colors and Selection: Oʻahu Zoom
• Marine Energy Atlas: Layers: National Wave Layer View
• Marine Energy Atlas: Regional Tidal Hindcast: Cook Inlet Tidal Layer
• Marine Energy Atlas: Tidal Point Query: Cook Inlet Point Query
• Marine Energy Atlas: Tidal Point Query: Cook Inlet Single-Point Parquet Download

Wave Hindcast

The wave hindcast is hosted by the Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI) in free, publicly readable AWS S3 buckets.

• Wave Hindcast: Open Data Access: AWS Open Data Registry
• Wave Hindcast: Open Data Access: MHKDR Submission 326
• Wave Hindcast: Open Data Access: Alaska S3 Browser
• Wave Hindcast: Open Data Access: Atlantic S3 Browser
• Wave Hindcast: Open Data Access: West Coast S3 Browser
• Wave Hindcast: Open Data Access: Gulf of America and Puerto Rico S3 Browser
• Wave Hindcast: Open Data Access: Hawaii S3 Browser
• Wave Hindcast: Open Data Access: Guam and CNMI S3 Browser

Tidal: Western Passage Exercises

• Exercise 1: ATLAS Analysis for Reconnaissance: Marine Energy Atlas
• Exercise 1: ATLAS Analysis for Reconnaissance: Western Passage Site Zoom
• Exercise 2: Modeled Data Analysis for Feasibility: Western Passage Model Hindcast Data, MHKDR Submission 632
• Exercise 3: Measured ADCP Data Analysis for Design: Kilcher 2017 Western Passage Dataset (file used in the deck: WP2017_Bottom_Sig500_OceanContour_June_d112_ETU.5min.csv.zip)
• Tidal Point (ADV) Measurement Data at Site: Kilcher 2017 Western Passage Dataset (file used in the deck: WP2017_STTM_ADVstbd_d112_w_ulow_waterdepth_ETU.h5)
• Tidal Point (ADV) Measurement Data at Site: MHKiT DOLfYN API Documentation

Closing

• Thank You!: Session Feedback Survey