Annual average offshore wind speed (m/s) in the western Gulf of Mexico, 90 meter height

Feb 25, 2011 (Last modified May 12, 2011)
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Annual average offshore wind speed for the western Gulf of Mexico (Texas and Louisiana) at a 90 meter height. Available from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at http://www.nrel.gov/renewable_resources/ . This dataset was last updated on 8/23/2010.
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The annual wind speed estimates were produced by AWS Truepower using their Mesomap system and historic weather data under contract to NREL. 
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