Wind energy resource atlas. Volume 8. The southern Rocky Mountain region

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6476597· OSTI ID:6476597

Andersen, S R; Freeman, D L; Hadley, D L; Elliott, D L; Barchet, W R; George, R L

The Southern Rocky Mountain atlas assimilates five collections of wind resource data: one for the region and one for each of the four states that compose the Southern Rocky Mountain region (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah). At the state level, features of the climate, topography and wind resource are discussed in greater detail than is provided in the regional discussion, and the data locations on which the assessment is based are mapped. Variations, over several time scales, in the wind resource at selected stations in each state are shown on graphs of monthly average and interannual wind speed and power, and hourly average wind speed for each season. Other graphs present speed, direction, and duration frequencies of the wind at these locations.

• Research Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6476597
• Report Number(s): PNL-3195-WERA-8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ARIZONA
AVAILABILITY
COLORADO
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
ENERGY SOURCES
INFORMATION
NEW MEXICO
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
POWER
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
SOUTHWEST REGION
USA
UTAH
WESTERN REGION
WIND POWER