Wind speed east of Qaanaaq, Greenland 2022-2024

The overall goals of the project were to discover sustainable technological innovations and to identify an achievable and affordable pathway to the future for small fishing communities in a changing Arctic, using Qaanaaq, Greenland and surrounding settlements as the study location. An iterative, systems-based approach that is driven by stakeholder values and objectives was used to define energy and fishery-related research needs faced by hunter-fishers who rely on fishing for their food and income. Stakeholder-driven science with knowledge co-generation between community members and academics addressed multifaceted aspects of the issues. One aspect of the study involved assessing whether off-grid small-scale wind energy could be useful for charging batteries at remote cabins, yet wind speed and direction data at the study site did not exist. The data archived here were generated to gain measurements of the wind speed and direction at the study site. This project installed and monitored wind speed and direction at the site by installation of an RM Young wind sensor on a 3-meter (m) tower; the wind data was recorded and stored over time using a Campbell Scientific Datalogger. The datalogger was powered by a battery that was charged with a solar panel during months when the sun was above the horizon, and in the sunless months the battery was periodically manually replaced with a battery that was fully charged. The data was periodically downloaded from the datalogger onto a notebook computer and used to update the dataset.

本项目的总体目标为探索可持续技术创新，并以格陵兰岛卡纳克（Qaanaaq）及周边定居点为研究区域，为不断变化的北极地区小型渔业社区探寻一条可实现、可负担的未来发展路径。本研究采用以利益相关方价值与目标为导向的迭代式系统方法，明确了以捕鱼作为食物与收入来源的狩猎-渔民群体所面临的能源与渔业相关研究需求。本研究依托利益相关方主导的科研范式，推动社区成员与学术界开展知识协同共创，以此解决该议题的多维度面向。本研究的一项核心内容为评估离网式小型风能是否可用于为偏远小屋的蓄电池充电，但研究区域此前并无风速与风向数据积累。本数据集所归档的观测数据，正是为获取研究区域的风速与风向实测值而采集生成。本项目通过在3米高的塔架上安装RM Young风速风向传感器，完成了研究区域的风速与风向监测；随后利用Campbell Scientific数据采集器（Datalogger）对实时风速与风向数据进行记录与长期存储。该数据采集器由蓄电池供电：在太阳可见的月份，通过太阳能板为蓄电池充电；在极夜无日照的月份，则定期手动更换为充满电的备用蓄电池。研究人员定期将数据采集器内的存储数据导出至笔记本电脑，以此更新本数据集。