[Invention] 2D Maps and diagrams of wind

http://hint.fm/wind/

A pair of recent info visualizations look as though they were painted by Vincent van Gogh. Wind map shows the realtime flow of wind over the United States.

US wind pattern

http://www.senchalabs.org/philogl/PhiloGL/examples/winds/

http://rpm.nrel.gov/refhighre/expansion/expansion.html