[HTML][HTML] Lessons learned in coupling atmospheric models across scales for onshore and offshore wind energy

SE Haupt, B Kosović, LK Berg, CM Kaul… - Wind Energy …, 2023 - wes.copernicus.org
Abstract The Mesoscale to Microscale Coupling team, part of the US Department of Energy
Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) initiative, has studied various important challenges related to …

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] Validation of turbulence intensity as simulated by the Weather Research and Forecasting model off the US northeast coast

SL Tai, LK Berg, R Krishnamurthy… - Wind Energy …, 2023 - wes.copernicus.org
Turbulence intensity (TI) is often used to quantify the strength of turbulence in wind energy
applications and serves as the basis of standards in wind turbine design. Thus, accurately …

Assessing turbulence and mixing parameterizations in the gray-zone of multiscale simulations over mountainous terrain during the METEX21 field experiment

DJ Wiersema, S Wharton, RS Arthur… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Multiscale numerical weather prediction models transition from mesoscale, where
turbulence is fully parameterized, to microscale, where the majority of highly energetic …

NOW-23: The 2023 National Offshore Wind Data Set

N Bodini, S Redfern, A Rybchuk, V Pronk, S Castagneri… - 2023 - osti.gov
In this report, we present the latest wind resource data specifically tailored for offshore
regions in the United States. The data set, known as the 2023 National Offshore Wind data …

Can mesoscale models capture the effect from cluster wakes offshore?

MS Gomez, G Deskos, JK Lundquist… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Long wakes from offshore wind turbine clusters can extend tens of kilometers downstream,
affecting the wind resource of a large area. Given the ability of mesoscale numerical weather …

Evaluation of a cloudy cold-air pool in the Columbia River Basin in different versions of the HRRR model

B Adler, JM Wilczak, J Kenyon, L Bianco… - …, 2022 - egusphere.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 …

Evaluating the 3D PBL scheme for wind energy applications in the complex terrain of Altamont Pass, CA

RS Arthur - 2023 - osti.gov
In this study, the 3D PBL scheme, developed and tested during previous WETO projects,
was used to simulate daily speedup flows in the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area of …

[PDF][PDF] Performance comparison of NWP model products for wind energy assessment in complex terrain

S Butters - 2022 - scholar.colorado.edu
Wind energy has seen impressive growth in recent decades and will fulfill a greater portion
of the world's energy mix as decarbonization efforts ramp up. Developers must accurately …