NASA Ocean Wind Power Maps Reveal Possible Energy Sources

Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 12:49 in Astronomy & Space

Efforts to harness the energy potential of Earth's ocean winds could soon gain an important new tool: global satellite maps from NASA. Scientists have been creating maps using nearly a decade of data from NASA's QuikSCAT satellite that reveal ocean areas where winds could produce energy. read more

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