--- title: Vortex Blog | vortex-admin (8) description: Blog about Wind maps and all about planning your wind farm. Get to know the wind speed and direction. The wind data you need in the screening phase of your wind farm. (8) --- [![Vortex](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hubfs/Vortexfdc_May2018%20Theme/Images/vortex-logo.png)](http://www.vortexfdc.com/) - [Wind & Site](http://www.vortexfdc.com/windsite/) - [Forecast](http://www.vortexfdc.com/forecast/) - [Solar](http://www.vortexfdc.com/solar/) - [Get Started](http://interface.vortexfdc.com/signup) # AUTHOR: vortex-admin [Home](http://www.vortexfdc.com) >  vortex-admin ## [What makes Vortex approach different from other wind modelers?](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/what-makes-vortex-approach-different-from-other-wind-modelers) Current wind modelers on the market offer either pre-calculated products or specific studies on a consultancy basis. Pre-calculated products need to cover... 19 October, 2012 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/what-makes-vortex-approach-different-from-other-wind-modelers#comments-listing) ## [In “10” simple words, how does Vortex work?](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/in-10-simple-words-how-does-vortex-work) Vortex uses a supercomputer cluster to run a non-linear flow model (WRF) that scales large atmospheric patterns (NCAR-NCEP) down to fine spatial... 19 October, 2012 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/in-10-simple-words-how-does-vortex-work#comments-listing) [![Vortex](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hubfs/Vortexfdc_May2018%20Theme/Images/vortex-logo-footer-1.png)](http://www.vortexfdc.com/) - [BLOG](http://www.vortexfdc.com/news/) - [Terms of use](http://www.vortexfdc.com/terms-of-use/) - [TECH-DOCS](http://www.vortexfdc.com/resources/) - [Privacy policy](http://www.vortexfdc.com/privacy-policy/) [ABOUT US](http://www.vortexfdc.com/about-us/)