Ramsey County Parcel information and boundaries were obtained from - https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/us-mn-co-ramsey-plan-parcel-data |
Ramsey County SSurgo Data was used in the watershed sensitivity and in some geothermal potential estimates - https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/us-mn-co-ramsey-env-environmental-data |
Ramsey County Geologic Atlas was referenced in the geothermal potential and watershed sensitivity estimates - http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/programs/gw_section/mapping/platesum/ramscga.html |
Average wind speed in St. Paul at 10m was estimated from data at - https://www.windfinder.com/windstatistics/minneapolis-st_paul_airport |
Elevation, roughness, slope, and other derived attributes were calculated in QGIS based on 1m DEM obtained through - http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/chouse/elevation/lidar.html |
Wind Speed Calculations were based on Gipe Power Law - https://power.larc.nasa.gov/publications/swc2005_1265.pdf |
Small Wind Turbine height specifications obtained from - https://www.gogreenenergyonline.com/gge-3000-specifications.html |
Zoning rules allowing conditional use of wind turbines in Downtown St. Paul - http://mn.gov/caapb/PDF/CapitolZoningRulesfinal.pdf |
Solar radiation estimates were extracted from - Solar Data - Brink, Christopher; Gosack, Benjamin; Kne, Len; Luo, Yuanyuan; Martin, Christopher; McDonald, Molly; Moore, Michael; Munsch, Andrew; Palka, Stephen; Piernot, Devon; Thiede, Dan; Xie, Yiquan; Walz, Andrew. (2015). Solar Insolation, Minnesota (2006-2012). Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, http://dx.doi.org/10.13020/D6X59X. |