Session 8 The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2): Part II

Wednesday, 9 January 2019: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
North 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs:
William J. Shaw, PNNL, Richland, WA and Yelena L. Pichugina, NOAA, NOAA/Esrl - CSD3, Boulder, CO

Second part of WFIP2 session.

Papers:
10:30 AM
8.1
Using Nacelle-Mounted Anemometer Measurements to Analyze a Complex Terrain Effect on Wind Flow Pattern
Brandi J. McCarty, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and Y. Pichugina, A. Choukulkar, T. A. Bonin, M. Marquis, and J. Sharp

10:45 AM
8.2
Observations of Wind Turbine Wake and Wind Plant Wake in the Columbia River Gorge Using a Scanning Doppler Lidar
Aditya Choukulkar, Univ. of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/ESRL/Chemical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and B. J. McCarty, Y. Pichugina, T. A. Bonin, R. Banta, S. P. Sandberg, A. M. Weickmann, and A. Brewer
11:00 AM
8.3
Simulating Scanning Lidar Data Using Spatiotemporally Resolved LES Data
Raj Rai, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; and L. K. Berg, R. K. Newsom, and J. D. Mirocha

11:15 AM
8.4
Surface Energy Balance Closure at Different Temporal Scales in the WFIP2 HRRR Model
Katherine McCaffrey, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and A. A. Grachev, B. W. Blomquist, J. B. Olson, and J. M. Wilczak
11:30 AM
8.5
Evaluation of the Impact of Lateral Mixing in the New WRF 3D PBL Parameterization
Masih Eghdami, Duke Univ., Durham, NC; and P. A. Jimenez, B. Kosovic, and A. P. Barros
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