EVALUATING AND IMPROVING NWP FORECAST MODELS FOR THE FUTURE: How the Needs of Offshore Wind Energy Can Point the Way

Authors :: Banta, Robert M.
Pichugina, Yelena L.
Brewer, W. Alan
James, Eric P.
Olson, Joseph B.
Benjamin, Stanley G.
Carley, Jacob R.
Bianco, Laura
Djalalova, Irina V.
Wilczak, James M.
Hardesty, R. Michael
Cline, Joel
Marquis, Melinda C.
Source :: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. June, 2018, Vol. 99 Issue 6, p1155, 23 p.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: ABSTRACT To advance the understanding of meteorological processes in offshore coastal regions, the spatial variability of wind profiles must be characterized and uncertainties (errors) in NWP model wind forecasts quantified. [...]

Subjects :: United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- Analysis
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