Wind-resource potential in California

Technical Report · Mon Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:6149985

Miller, A; Simon, R L

Maps were developed for California delineating areas of good and excellent wind resource potential (11-14 mph and greater than 14 mph mean annual wind speed, respectively). After examining nearly 700 station records of wind measurements, 407 sites were selected as representative of good exposure, nonredundancy, and reliability of data. Knowledge of diurnal, seasonal, and altitudinal variations in the wind, prevailing atmospheric circulation, and interaction of wind with terrain were used to (1) adjust the computed mean annual wind speed of the 407 stations so as to make them representative of the expected true annual means, and (2) estimate wind speeds in regions of sparse wind data. Data summaries have been compiled for the 407 stations used to generate the California wind resource maps and for 60 promising sites with unsummarized data records.

• Research Organization: San Jose State Univ., CA (USA). Dept. of Meteorology
• OSTI ID: 6149985
• Report Number(s): P-500-80-052; ON: DE82900602
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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