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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-2059-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-2059-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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19 Oct 2022
Research article |
| 19 Oct 2022
| 19 Oct 2022
Offshore reanalysis wind speed assessment across the wind turbine rotor layer off the United States Pacific coast
Lindsay M. Sheridan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Raghu Krishnamurthy
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Gabriel García Medina
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Brian J. Gaudet
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
William I. Gustafson Jr.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Alicia M. Mahon
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
William J. Shaw
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Rob K. Newsom
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Mikhail Pekour
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
Zhaoqing Yang
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Lidar Measurements and High-Resolution Mesoscale Modeling of Coastally Trapped Disturbances off the Coast of California T. Juliano et al.
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- Efficient Neural Modeling of Wind Power Density for National-Scale Energy Planning: Toward Sustainable AI Applications in Industry 5.0 M. Molina-Almaraz et al.
- Offshore low-level jet observations and model representation using lidar buoy data off the California coast L. Sheridan et al.
- Evaluating bias correction methods for wind power estimation using numerical meteorological models A. Maciel-Tiburcio et al.
- Year-long buoy-based observations of the air–sea transition zone off the US west coast R. Krishnamurthy et al.
- Wave Analysis Method for Offshore Wind Power Design Suitable for Ulsan Area W. Han et al.
- Performance of wind assessment datasets in United States coastal areas L. Sheridan et al.
- Evaluation and Bias Correction of the ERA5 Reanalysis over the United States for Wind and Solar Energy Applications J. Wilczak et al.
- Characterization of HRRR-simulated rotor layer wind speeds and clouds along the coast of California J. Lee et al.
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Short summary
Using observations from lidar buoys, five reanalysis and analysis models that support the wind energy community are validated offshore and at rotor-level heights along the California Pacific coast. The models are found to underestimate the observed wind resource. Occasions of large model error occur in conjunction with stable atmospheric conditions, wind speeds associated with peak turbine power production, and mischaracterization of the diurnal wind speed cycle in summer months.
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