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Depletion of hydrocarbon resources, a rise of their price on the international markets, geopolitical tensions, a decrease in the Caspian Sea level, regional climate change, and other factors make exploring offshore wind energy production timely. In order to model the offshore wind energy of the Caspian Sea, data from the ERA-Interim atmospheric reanalysis were used from 1980 to 2015 combined with QuikSCAT and RapidSCAT remote sensing data. The modeling results showed a wind power density of 173 W\/m2 as an average value for the Caspian Sea. For the 1980\u20132015 period, 57% of the Caspian Sea area shows a decreasing trend in wind power density, with a total insignificant drop of 16.85 W\/m2. The highest negative rate of change is observed in the Northern Caspian, which seems to be more influenced by regional climate change. The Caspian Sea regions with the highest potential for offshore wind energy production are identified and discussed.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14246263","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,12]],"date-time":"2022-12-12T04:34:20Z","timestamp":1670819660000},"page":"6263","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Spatio-Temporal Variability of Wind Energy in the Caspian Sea: An Ecosystem Service Modeling Approach"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Milad","family":"Rahimi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources & Marine Sciences (FNRMS), Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Noor 46414 356, Mazandaran, Iran"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9172-9507","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mehdi","family":"Gholamalifard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources & Marine Sciences (FNRMS), Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Noor 46414 356, Mazandaran, Iran"}]},{"given":"Akbar","family":"Rashidi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Marine Physics, Faculty of Natural Resources & Marine Sciences (FNRMS), Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Noor 46414 356, Mazandaran, Iran"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4847-9036","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bonyad","family":"Ahmadi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources & Marine Sciences (FNRMS), Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Noor 46414 356, Mazandaran, Iran"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7441-5055","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrey G.","family":"Kostianoy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"P.P. 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