Session 15 Offshore Wind Forecasting

Thursday, 1 February 2024: 1:45 PM-3:00 PM
347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy

Papers:
1:45 PM
15.1
Identifying meteorological drivers for errors in modeled winds along the Northern California Coast
Ye Liu, PNNL, Richland, WA; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; and B. J. Gaudet, R. Krishnamurthy, S. L. Tai, L. K. Berg, N. Bodini, and A. Rybchuk

2:00 PM
15.2
Evaluation of hub-height wind forecasts over the New York Bight
Timothy Myers, NOAA, Boulder, CO; CIRES, Boulder, CO; and A. G. Van Ormer, D. D. Turner, J. Wilczak, L. Bianco, and B. Adler

2:15 PM
15.3
Improving Model Predictions of Rotor Plane Wind Speeds during Summertime Sea Breeze and LLJ Events
Elizabeth McCabe, MS, Univ. at Albany, Albany, NY; and J. M. Freedman

2:30 PM
15.4
Validation of Offshore Winds in ERA5 Reanalysis, HRRR, and NOW-23 Analyses Using Two Floating Lidars South of Long Island, NY
Christopher Fragano, SUNY at Stony Brook, Mahopac, NY; and B. A. Colle and J. M. Freedman

2:45 PM
15.5
Assessing the Sensitivity of the Fitch Wind Farm Parameterization to a Three-Dimensional Planetary Boundary Layer Scheme Based on a North Sea Case Study
Nathan Agarwal, DOE, Boulder, CO; Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist and A. Rybchuk

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