Wind resorces en rd

October 2001

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NREL/TP-500-27602

Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the Dominican Republic

D. Elliott M. Schwartz R. George S. Haymes D. Heimiller G. Scott
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

J. Kline
RAM Associates
Prepared under Task Nos. WER11050 and DO059999

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Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......................................................................................................................... VII 1.0 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC .................................................. 2 2.1 GEOGRAPHY......................................................................................................................................... 2 2.2 CLIMATE .............................................................................................................................................. 2 3.0 WIND RESOURCE INFORMATION..................................................................................................... 7 3.1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 SURFACE DATA .................................................................................................................................... 7 3.2.1USAID.......................................................................................................................................... 7 3.2.2 ONM............................................................................................................................................. 7 3.2.3 INDRHI ........................................................................................................................................ 7 3.2.4 DATSAV2................................................................................................................................... 11 3.2.5 Marine Climatic Atlas of the World ........................................................................................... 11 3.2.6 Satellite Ocean Wind Measurements (SSMI) ............................................................................. 11 3.3 UPPER-AIR DATA...