Joint Session 2 The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2) Part I

Wednesday, 25 January 2017: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
606 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy; and the 28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 24th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction )
Chair:
John Zack, AWS Truepower LLC, Albany, NY

Papers:
8:30 AM
J2.1
Overview of the Wind Forecasting Improvement Project in Complex Terrain (WFIP2)
Jim McCaa, Vaisala, Seattle, WA; and J. W. Cline, W. J. Shaw, M. Marquis, L. K. Berg, V. R. Kotamarthi, A. Clifton, S. Wharton, J. B. Olson, J. M. Wilczak, B. Kosovic, J. K. Lundquist, H. J. S. Fernando, and B. Ancell
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
J2.2
Lidar Characterization of Boundary-Layer Winds and Validation of NWP Forecast Model Performance during the Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project in Complex Terrain of the Columbia River Basin
Yelena Pichugina, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. W. Brewer, R. M. Banta, A. Choukulkar, T. A. Bonin, J. B. Olson, J. Kenyon, C. T. Clack, M. Marquis, L. Bianco, J. Sharp, W. M. Angevine, S. Baidar, S. P. Sandberg, A. Weickmann, and B. J. McCarty
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
J2.3
Use of Scanning Doppler Lidars during WFIP-2 to Characterize Flow Phenomena and Evaluate NWP Model Performance
Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and A. Brewer, Y. Pichugina, A. Choukulkar, J. B. Olson, J. Kenyon, J. Sharp, M. T. Stoelinga, I. V. Djalalova, L. Bianco, J. Wilczak, L. K. Berg, Q. Yang, T. A. Bonin, S. Benjamin, E. P. Grimit, J. McCaa, S. P. Sandberg, S. Baidar, A. Weickmann, C. W. King, M. Marquis, W. J. Shaw, and J. W. Cline
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
J2.4
Improving Boundary-layer Wind Energy Forecasts by Representing Wind Farms in Mesoscale Models: Validation and Improvements using WFIP2 Observations
Julie K. Lundquist, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and Y. Pichugina, J. M. Tomaszewski, and R. Worsnop

9:30 AM
J2.5
HRRR Model Development for Complex Terrain Applications in Support of the Wind Forecast Improvement Project 2
Joseph B. Olson, NOAA-ESRL/GSD; CIRES, Boulder, CO; and J. Kenyon, J. M. Brown, W. M. Angevine, P. A. Jimenez, B. Kosovic, J. W. Bao, J. McCaa, M. T. Stoelinga, Q. Yang, L. K. Berg, C. Draxl, M. Marquis, and J. W. Cline
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
J2.6
Improvements to HRRR Wind Forecasts from WFIP2
Jaymes Kenyon, NOAA/ESRL and CIRES, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. B. Olson, J. Brown, J. M. Wilczak, I. V. Djalalova, R. M. Banta, Y. Pichugina, M. T. Stoelinga, J. Sharp, E. P. Grimit, Q. Yang, L. K. Berg, K. Wade, M. Brewer, and R. Eckman
Recorded Presentation

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