Session 9 Solar Forecast Improvement Projects. Part I

Wednesday, 15 January 2020: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
256 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 11th Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair:
Eric E. Wertz, Maxar Technologies, Gaithersburg, MD

Updates on Solar Forecasting projects through DOE grants and beyond

Papers:
8:30 AM
9.1
The Solar Forecast Arbiter: An Open Source Evaluation Framework for Solar Forecasting
William F. Holmgren, The Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and C. W. Hansen, A. Tuohy, J. Sharp, A. T. Lorenzo, L. J. Boeman, A. Wigington, D. Larson, Q. Wang, and A. Golnas
8:45 AM
9.2
Enhancing WRF-Solar to Provide Solar Irradiance Probabilistic Forecasts under All-Sky Conditions
Ju-Hye Kim, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. A. Jimenez, M. Sengupta, J. Yang, J. Dudhia, and Y. Xie
9:00 AM
9.3
Sensitivity Study for Forecasting Variables of WRF-Solar Using a Tangent Linear Approach
Jaemo Yang, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and M. Sengupta, Y. Xie, P. A. Jimenez, and J. H. Kim
9:15 AM
9.4
Solar Forecasts during Broken Cloud Conditions: Improvements in WRF-Solar v2
Larry K. Berg, PNNL, Richland, WA; and Y. Liu, B. Kosovic, P. Jimenez, V. Martin, J. McCaa, and L. Riihimaki
9:30 AM
9.5
Solar Irradiance in the WRF-Solar Simulations Using a New Microphysics Parameterization
Xin Zhou, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and Y. Liu, W. Lin, S. Endo, and S. Yoo
9:45 AM
9.6
Finite-Surface Integration Algorithm for the Forecasting of Cloudy-Sky Direct Normal Irradiance in the Circumsolar Region
Yu Xie, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and M. Sengupta, Y. Liu, H. Long, Q. Min, and W. liu

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