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Contact the Mount Washington Observatory. Since they were, until very recently, the site of the world's fastest recorded wind speed, their Weather Discovery Center is all about wind and mountains. Their website is http://www.mountwashington.org/

They have a series of online activities here: http://www.mountwashington.org/education/center/arcade/

Among their many wind-themed exhibits, including interactive displays, they have a very simple and elegant flow tank interactive to demonstrate effects of different structures and formations, especially mountains naturally, on the speed and direction of wind. It was created by an outside company, the name of which escapes me. (I haven't worked there for 9 years, please forgive)

Good luck,

Matt White



On Aug 17, 2010, at 11:49 AM, Mike Levad wrote:

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> Hey,
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> Has anyone done an exhibit explaining how local topography impacts ones
> ability to generate power from wind energy?  We thought about doing a scale
> model.  We were thinking of making a wind tunnel like structure with little
> turbines some on hills and others in valleys. However we have been told by
> experts that wind doesn't really scale down very well and that the
> topography would have to so exaggerated that is wouldn't really look real.
> So that solution is probably out.
> 
> Any ideas on alternative display techniques or other things that you have
> tried would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike
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