Articles | Volume 8, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1-2023
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02 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 02 Jan 2023

Offshore wind energy forecasting sensitivity to sea surface temperature input in the Mid-Atlantic

Stephanie Redfern, Mike Optis, Geng Xia, and Caroline Draxl

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Mid-Atlantic SST namelist M. Optis and S. Redfern https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7275214

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As wind farm developments expand offshore, accurate forecasting of winds above coastal waters is rising in importance. Weather models rely on various inputs to generate their forecasts, one of which is sea surface temperature (SST). In this study, we evaluate how the SST data set used in the Weather Research and Forecasting model may influence wind characterization and find meaningful differences between model output when different SST products are used.
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