Scientific challenges to characterizing the wind resource in the marine atmospheric boundary layer

W Shaw, L Berg, M Debnath, G Deskos… - Wind Energy …, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
With the increasing level of offshore wind energy investment, it is correspondingly important
to be able to accurately characterize the wind resource in terms of energy potential as well …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the mesoscale spatio-temporal variability in simulated wind speed time series over northern Europe

G Luzia, AN Hahmann, MJ Koivisto - Wind Energy Science, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
As wind energy increases its share of total electricity generation and its integration into the
power system becomes more challenging, accurately representing the spatio-temporal …

Evaluation of a cloudy cold-air pool in the Columbia River basin in different versions of the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model

B Adler, JM Wilczak, J Kenyon, L Bianco… - Geoscientific Model …, 2023 - gmd.copernicus.org
The accurate forecast of persistent orographic cold-air pools in numerical weather prediction
models is essential for the optimal integration of wind energy into the electrical grid during …

[HTML][HTML] Real-time WRF large-eddy simulations to support uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) flight planning and operations during 2018 LAPSE-RATE

JO Pinto, AA Jensen, PA Jiménez… - Earth System …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
The simulation dataset described herein provides a high-resolution depiction of the four-
dimensional variability of weather conditions across the northern half of the San Luis Valley …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating wind profiles in a numerical weather prediction model with Doppler lidar

P Pentikäinen, EJ O'Connor… - Geoscientific Model …, 2023 - gmd.copernicus.org
We use Doppler lidar wind profiles from six locations around the globe to evaluate the wind
profile forecasts in the boundary layer generated by the operational global Integrated …

[HTML][HTML] Local-thermal-gradient and large-scale-circulation impacts on turbine-height wind speed forecasting over the Columbia River Basin

Y Liu, Y Qian, LK Berg - Wind Energy Science, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
We investigate the sensitivity of turbine-height wind speed forecast to initial condition (IC)
uncertainties over the Columbia River Gorge (CRG) and Columbia River Basin (CRB) for …

Realtime WRF LES Simulations to Support UAS Flight Planning and Operations During 2018 LAPSE-RATE

JO Pinto, AA Jensen, PA Jiménez… - Earth System …, 2020 - essd.copernicus.org
The simulations were forced using data from the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR)
and the Global Forecast System (GFS) obtained from the National Center for Environmental …

Local thermal gradient and large-scale circulation impacts on turbine-height wind speed forecasting over the Columbia Basin

Y Liu, Y Qian, LK Berg - Wind Energy Science Discussions, 2021 - wes.copernicus.org
We investigate the sensitivity of turbine-height wind speed forecast to initial condition (IC)
uncertainties over the Columbia River Gorge (CRG) and Columbia River Basin (CRB) for …