Lessons learned in coupling atmospheric models across scales for onshore and offshore wind energy

Haupt, Sue Ellen; Kosović, Branko; Berg, Larry K.; Kaul, Colleen M.; Churchfield, Matthew; Mirocha, Jeffrey; Allaerts, Dries; Brummet, Thomas; Davis, Shannon; DeCastro, Amy; Dettling, Susan; Draxl, Caroline; Gagne, David John; Hawbecker, Patrick; Jha, Pankaj; Juliano, Timothy; Lassman, William; Quon, Eliot; Rai, Raj K.; Robinson, Michael; Shaw, William; Thedin, Regis

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1251-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1251-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1251-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 8, issue 8

Research article

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16 Aug 2023

Research article |

| 16 Aug 2023

Lessons learned in coupling atmospheric models across scales for onshore and offshore wind energy

Sue Ellen Haupt, Branko Kosović, Larry K. Berg, Colleen M. Kaul, Matthew Churchfield, Jeffrey Mirocha, Dries Allaerts, Thomas Brummet, Shannon Davis, Amy DeCastro, Susan Dettling, Caroline Draxl, David John Gagne, Patrick Hawbecker, Pankaj Jha, Timothy Juliano, William Lassman, Eliot Quon, Raj K. Rai, Michael Robinson, William Shaw, and Regis Thedin

Data sets

GHRSST Level 4 K10_SST Global 10 km Analyzed Sea Surface Temperature from Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO) in GDS2.0 NASA https://doi.org/10.5067/GHK10-L4N01

GHRSST Level 4 MUR Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (v4.1) NASA https://doi.org/10.5067/GHGMR-4FJ04

GHRSST Level 4 CMC0.1deg Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2) Canada Meteorological Center (CMC) https://doi.org/10.5067/GHCMC-4FM03

GHRSST Level 4 OSPO Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2) OSPO https://doi.org/10.5067/GHGPB-4FO02

GHRSST Level 4 OSTIA Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis UKMO https://doi.org/10.5067/GHOST-4FK01

Model code and software

MMC Assessment Tools Eliot Quon, Patrick Hawbecker, Jeremy Sauer, Regis Thedin, lassman135, Dries Allaerts, & Matt Churchfield. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7768670

Python Utilities Eliot Quon, Patrick Hawbecker, Jeremy Sauer, Regis Thedin, lassman135, Dries Allaerts, & Amy DeCastro https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7768674

MMC-WRF Dave Gill, dudhia, weiwangncar, Steven Peckham, Jamie Bresch, Michael Kavulich, Tom Black, Laurie Carson, smileMchen, Xin Zhang, Kelly Werner, Patrick Hawbecker, huangwei5934, Kevin Manning, Michael Duda, stacywalters, Zhiquan (Jake) Liu, Michael Barlage, bonnland, … domingom. (2023) https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7765891

WRF Input Decks Patrick Hawbecker, Eliot Quon, Pankaj Jha, Jeremy Sauer, rajkrai, Timothy Juliano, & lassman135. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7766133

SOWFA Input Decks Eliot Quon, Regis Thedin, & Dries Allaerts https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7764348

Short summary

The Mesoscale to Microscale Coupling team, part of the U.S. Department of Energy Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) initiative, has studied various important challenges related to coupling mesoscale models to microscale models. Lessons learned and discerned best practices are described in the context of the cases studied for the purpose of enabling further deployment of wind energy. It also points to code, assessment tools, and data for testing the methods.