Wednesday, 25 January 2012: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )
Cochairs: Julie K. Lundquist, Univ. of Colorado; John Manobianco, MESO, Inc. and Catherine A. Finley, WindLogics Inc.
An Initial Analysis of the Impact of Targeted Observations, and Advanced Modeling and Data Assimilation Techniques on Wind Forecast Performance During the WFIP Experiment
John W. Zack, MESO, Inc., Troy, NY; and J. Manobianco, E. J. Natenberg, S. H. Young, T. Melino, G. E. Van Knowe, J. M. Freedman, J. M. Wilczak, and K. L. Clawson
The Wind Forecasting Improvement Project (WFIP): Description, Goals, and Preliminary Results From the Southern Study Area
Jeffrey M. Freedman, AWS Truepower LLC, Albany, NY; and D. E. Hanley, J. W. Zack, J. Manobianco, C. D'Annunzio, J. M. Wilczak, J. L. Schroeder, B. C. Ancell, K. A. Brewster, S. Basu, V. Banunarayanan, and K. Orwig
Wind Analysis and Forecasting At Wind Farms with An Ultra High Resolution and Advanced 4-D Data Assimilation WRF Modeling System
Linlin Pan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, W. Cheng, G. Roux, Y. Wu, S. W. lee, Y. J. choi, W. Wu, B. Kosovic, G. Wiener, S. Haupt, and B. Mahoney