Session 14 Improving Offshore Wind Forecasts IV: Offshore Modeling Over California

Thursday, 16 January 2025: 10:45 AM-12:00 PM
217 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Submitters:
Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, PNNL, ASGC, Richland, WA; David D. Turner and Anthony Kirincich, ANL, AEED, Lemont, IL
Cochairs:

Papers:
10:45 AM
14.1
Numerical Investigation of the Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms on Coastal Upwelling
Tianyi Li, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and J. D. Mirocha, K. Hinson, R. Hetland, B. J. Gaudet, and R. Krishnamurthy

11:00 AM
14.2
Evaluation of Mesoscale Model Simulations with 1D and 3D Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterizations over California’s Central Coast Using Large Eddy Simulations and Observations
Eric A. Hendricks, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO; and T. W. Juliano, S. E. Haupt, J. A. Sauer, D. Munoz-Esparza, and B. Kosovic

11:15 AM
14.3
Characteristic of Downslope Wind Along the California Coast with and without the Coupled Models
Geng Xia, National Wind Technology Center /National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and M. J. Churchfield, C. Draxl, B. J. Gaudet, and K. Hinson

11:30 AM
14.4
Sensitivity of Coupled Atmosphere / Ocean Simulations for U.S. West Coast Offshore Wind Resource Applications
Brian J. Gaudet, PNNL, Richland, WA; and K. Hinson, R. Hetland, R. Krishnamurthy, Z. Yang, Y. Liu, G. Xia, J. D. Mirocha, T. Li, E. A. Hendricks, and T. W. Juliano

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