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LINKS
Federal Wind Siting Information Center, www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/federalwindsiting/ .
D. M. Heimiller and S. R. Haymes, Geographic Information Systems in Support of Wind Energy Activities
at NREL , NREL/CP-500-29164, 2001, available at www.osti.gov/bridge , or many of the other GIS
publications in the NREL publications. More information on how the NREL maps are created, vali-
dated, etc.
Northwest mapping project, www.windmaps.org .
Regional Data and GIS Representation: Methods, Approaches and Issues—Scoping Workshop for GIS/
Regionalization for EERE Models, www.nrel.gov/analysis/workshops/pdfs/brady_gis_workshop.pdf .
Trent Mesa Wind Project, www.trentmesa.com/default.htm .
Wind Powering America, www.eren.doe.gov/windpoweringamerica/where_is_wind.html.
Wind Resource Assessment Handbook , www.nrel.gov/docs/legosti/fy97/22223.pdf .
Information on software, models, etc.:
MesoMap, www.awstruewind.com .
3TIER, www.3tiergroup.com/en/ .
EMD, WindPro, www.emd.dk/WindPRO/Frontpage .
ReSoft, WindFarm, www.resoft.co.uk/English/index.htm .
RETscreen, www.retscreen.net . Free software, decision-making tools.
TRC, CAMET, and MM5 models, www.src.com/windenergy/windenergy_main.htm .
WAsP, www.wasp.dk .
WindFarmer, www.garradhassan.com/products/ghwindfarmer/ .
Wind Logics, www.windlogics.com/ .

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