A detailed explanation of nomenclature of wind resource surveys done in the
west is available here:
Background on the AWS methodology is available on the WEB here.
NREL's 3.7 MB map of wind resources with powerlines is available
here from the WEB, or from Davis Wind.
A very high resolution California GIS map is available as a 28.4 MB
zipped file from Davis Wind available here.
This was the NREL copy of the AWS Truewind study.
NREL's 3.7 MB map of wind resources with powerlines is available
here.
A very high resolution Nevada GIS map is available as a 16.4 MB
zipped file from Davis Wind available here.
This was the NREL copy of the AWS Truewind study.
Nevada and California are included on a lower resolution map put out by BLM - here.