Wind Energy Resource Atlas
of the
United States
Table of Contents
Title Page
Notice
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction
Background
Updating the Assessment
Map Descriptions
Chapter 2 The National Wind Resource
Annual Average Wind Resource
Seasonal Variations of the Wind Resource
Certainty of the Resource Estimates
Areal Distribution of the Wind Resource
Chapter 3 Regional Summaries
The Northwest Region
The North Central Region
The Great Lakes Region
The Northeast Region
The East Central Region
The Southeast Region
The South Central Region
The Southern Rocky Mountain Region
The Southwest Region
Alaska
Hawaii and the Pacific Islands
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Chapter 4 References
Appendix A Synthesis of Regional Assessments - Data Analysis and Assessment Methodologies
Indentification of Wind Data Sources
Wind Data Screening
Time Scales Used in the Analysis
Calculation of Wind Power Density
Vertical Adjustment
Wind Power Estimates for Mountainous Areas
Qualitative Indicators of the Wind Resource
Analysis of the Wind Resource
Wind Power Classes
Classes of Land Surface Form
Certainty Rating
Areal Distribution of the Wind Resource
References
Appendix B Wind Energy Resource Information System (WERIS)
Microfiche Tables
Digital File
Summary
References
Appendix C Annual and Seasonal Mean Wind Speed and Power Summaries for Selected Station in the United States and its Territories
References
Appendix D Evaluation of New Site Data for Verifying or Updating the Wind Resource Estimates
Sources of New Wind Data
Data Screening and Analysis
Comparisons of Estimated and Measured Resource
Comparison of Rayleigh and Actual Wind Power
Comparison of Actual and Extrapolated Power at 50 m (164 ft)
References
Appendix E Annual and Seasonal Mean Wind Speed and Power Summaries for 35 Candidate Wind Turbine Sites
References
List of Maps
List of Tables
Product of
Pacific Northwest Laboratory (now Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Links to Other Wind Resource Maps
Iowa Energy Center's Iowa Wind Resource Assessment Maps
(
http://www.energy.iastate.edu/renewable/wind/maps-index.html
)
Missouri Department of Natural Resources Wind Energy Reosurce Maps
(
http://www.dnr.state.mo.us/energy/renewables/wind-energy.htm
)
Wind Maps
on NREL's Dynamic Maps and GIS Data website
(
http://www.nrel.gov/gis/wind_maps.html
)
Wind Powering America
(
http://www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/windpoweringamerica/
)
U.S. State Maps of Wind Resources
Installed U.S. Wind Capacity
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