Session 4 Wind Forecasting Part I

Monday, 13 January 2020: 3:00 PM-4:00 PM
256 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 11th Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs:
John Zack, AWS Truepower LLC, Albany, NY and Jessica M. Tomaszewski, Univ. of Colorado, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Boulder, CO

Latest research in wind forecasting

Papers:
3:00 PM
4.1
Improving WRF-Solar Model for Wind Forecast over Complex Terrains
Yunpeng Shan, DOE, Upton, NY; and Y. Liu and Q. Min

3:15 PM
4.2
Mountain Waves Impact Wind Power Generation
Caroline Draxl, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and L. K. Berg, D. Chand, J. Lundquist, Y. Pichugina, J. Sharp, G. Wedam, J. Wilczak, and R. Worsnop

3:30 PM
4.3
Advances in Subseasonal Prediction of 100 m Wind Speed in the Western U.S.
Violeta Toma, Climate Forecast Applications Network, Reno, NV; and F. E. Hirata, M. D. Zuluaga, and J. Curry

3:45 PM
4.4
Evaluation of NWP Models Using Scanning Lidar Measurements in Complex Terrain During the WFIP2 Experiment: Lessons Learned
Yelena Pichugina, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Banta, A. W. Brewer, S. Baidar, A. Choukulkar, B. J. McCarty, L. Berg, C. Draxl, H. J. S. Fernando, J. Kenyon, J. Lundquist, J. Olson, J. Sharp, M. T. Stoelinga, D. D. Turner, S. Wharton, and J. Wilczak

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