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Map of the global average annual wind speed
Image © NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric
Science Data Center from the Surface meteorology and
Solar Energy Dataset (http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov). The data
set is produced by the Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resource
Project under the NASA Earth Science Application Energy
Management Theme. Also courtesy of Willett Kempton (http://www.ocean.udel.edu) |
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On a global scale average wind velocities tend to be greatest at the mid latitudes (~ 30 to 60º N and S), and are lower at both equatorial and polar latitudes.
They are consistently higher over water than on land.
Canada's coastal areas have some of the best winds in the world.
