Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011. Area residents may see some big balloons in the air in the next few days as NOAA collects atmospheric information to assist wind farms produce energy.
NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) plans to launch weather balloons carrying small instruments that collect and transmit wind speed, wind direction, temperature, and relative humidity data Sept. 12-20 from the Duke Energy Ocotillo Wind Farm located near Forsan, Texas.
“We want to get a better…
