Wind Resource - Wind Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment - page 70

Ocean surface winds, http://manati.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/doc/oceanwinds1.html .
Riso National Laboratory, Denmark, www.risoe.dk/business_relations/Products_Services/Software/VEA_
windmaps.aspx. Offshore wind ields .
Wind Resource Assessment Handbook , www.nrel.gov/docs/legosti/fy97/22223.pdf . Excellent source.

The following sites have information and photos for data loggers, sensors, towers, etc. This list does
not imply any endorsement.

www.campbellsci.com
www.ekopower.nl
www.nrgsystems.com
www.secondwind.com
www.wilmers.com
www.rohnproducts.com (towers)

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2. Bergey Wind Power. www.bergey.com/Maps/World.Wind.Lg.htm .

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wind_maps.asp .

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11. Alternative Energy Institute, West Texas A&M University. www.windenergy.org/datasites .

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windatlas.dk .

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Alternative Energy Institute, West Texas A&M University.

18. Remote Sensing Systems. “Geophysical graphic images can be viewed on our web page and binary

data files can be downloaded from our ftp server: ftp.ssmi.com/ssmia . Climatological data sets are of
3-day, weekly, and monthly averages for each geophysical parameter and for each satellite.” http://
www.remss.com .

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index.html .

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presented at Proceedings , Windpower 2006 . Available at www.nrel.gov/wind/pdfs/40045.pdf .

21. V. Nelson and K. Starcher. 2003. Ocean winds for Texas . AEI Report 2003-1, Alternative Energy

Institute, WTAMU. D. Elliott and G. Scott, NWTC, NREL, provided the ocean wind data.

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state.tx.us/re_wind_maps.htm .

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