I am looking for pictures of the area approx 10 miles east and 2 miles
to the north of laramie wyoming. Also, is this area private property?
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Request for Question Clarification by
larre-ga
on
01 Nov 2003 12:33 PST
In order to locate photographs, we need an address, more precise
description (i.e. 25 acres on the north side of Mountain View Road,
between Highway 14 and County Road 55) or some other identifier, such
as a parcel number, USGS topo map coordinates/sector, or a latitude
and longtitude.
Also --
What type of photographs? Aerial photos? From the ground at that
point? Structures, topo features?
Thanks, ---l
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Clarification of Question by
clb108-ga
on
01 Nov 2003 17:42 PST
I don't have the specific information...
What I do have is http://www.windpowermaps.org/windmaps/WYwindpower50_big.htm
This shows a blue region that has the desired characteristic. If you
use the interactive search map on this site and zoom into the area
around Laramie, you will see the transmission line that intersects the
blue area. This intersections happens about 2 miles north of Laramie
and 10 to 11 miles east.
It is this area that I am interested in. Somewhere with high winds and
close to a pre-existig transmission line. I am trying to get a feel
for this region and why it has such high winds. I guess a
topographical map, combined with pictures taken from the ground would
be the best combination.
I want to see what already exists there and whether there are special
features, like canyons, hills, etc.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
02 Nov 2003 17:22 PST
Hello.
Interesting question, and you're certainly not the first to ask the
reason for the high winds there. One explanation from the US
government goes like this:
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Southern Wyoming Corridor
An area of high wind energy extends across southern Wyoming from the
Utah border on the west to the Nebraska border on the east. This zone
of high wind energy can be attributed to a major gap, about 150 km (90
mi) wide, in the north-south barrier of the Rocky Mountains.
Prevailing westerly and southwesterly winds blow with little
resistance through this gap across the relatively high plains and
uplands of southern Wyoming. As a result, this is the largest region
of non-mountainous terrain in the Northwest with a high wind energy
resource.
Wind measurements taken throughout the extent of this high wind
corridor in southern Wyoming indicate that exposed areas have class 4
to 6 annual average wind resource. Areas of highest wind resource
occur where there is enhanced channeling by the terrain (e.g., between
two mountain ranges) and/or where there is terrain-induced flow
acceleration (e.g., over hilltops, uplands, or low ridges). One large
area of exceptionally good wind energy potential occurs from near
Rawlins eastward to Medicine Bow and the Laramie Mountains and
southward along the Laramie Mountains divide to the Colorado border.
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What sorts of additional detail would be helpful to you in
understanding the wind situation in the Lramie area?
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Clarification of Question by
clb108-ga
on
03 Nov 2003 07:01 PST
A gap in the rockies causes this! Never would have guessed that. The
land appears to be pretty flat.
Can you find out if this area is privately owned or government owned?
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