| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 48 pages) : color illustrations, color maps. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
NREL/TP ; 5000-75209 |
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NREL/TP ; 5000-75209.
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| Note |
"February 2020." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 48). |
| Type Of Report |
Strategic parnership project report. |
| Funding |
DE-AC36-08GO28308 |
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New Jersey Board of Public Utilities FIA-18-01872 |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (NREL, viewed on August 12, 2020). |
| Summary |
The Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RU-COOL) contracted the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to evaluate RU-COOL's atmospheric observation and modeling capabilities for characterizing the New Jersey offshore wind resource. The observational network used by RU-COOL consists of mostly public but some private coastal and offshore buoy-based stations. The core wind resource modeling capability of RU-COOL is a custom setup of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) mesoscale model, referred to in this report as RU-WRF. The most unique feature of RU-WRF and not found in other WRF model setups is the use of custom sea surface temperature (SST) product generated by RU-COOL. This custom product was designed to better capture the unique coastal upwelling and strong storm mixing in the Mid-Atlantic Bight, which other typical SST products are not designed to capture. Funding for the development, maintenance, and use of RU-WRF by RU-COOL is provided by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, who also funded the validation work presented in this report. In this validation study, NREL was specifically tasked to: 1) Assess the observational network used by RU-COOL to validate RU-WRF and make recommendations for improvement, 2) Assess methods used by RU-COOL to validate RU-WRF and make recommendations for improvement, 3) Examine the inputs to and setup within RU-WRF, compare against available NREL data sets, and make recommendations for improvement. |
| Subject |
Wind power plants -- New Jersey -- Computer simulation.
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Wind power -- New Jersey -- Computer simulation.
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Centrales éoliennes -- New Jersey -- Simulation par ordinateur.
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Énergie éolienne -- New Jersey -- Simulation par ordinateur.
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Wind power -- Computer simulation
(OCoLC)fst01175631
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New Jersey (OCoLC)fst01208379 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJx4kQMRb7rwyH74JVdbBP
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| Indexed Term |
mesoscale |
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offshore wind energy |
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RU-COOL |
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weather research and forecasting |
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WRF |
| Added Author |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.), issuing body.
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New Jersey. Board of Public Utilities.
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Rutgers University.
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| Added Title |
Validation of Rutgers University-weather research and forecasting, the custom atmospheric mesoscale model of the Rutgers Center for Ocean Observing Leadership |
| Standard No. |
1599576 OSTI ID |
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0000-0001-5617-6134 |
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0000-0002-7983-3050 |
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0000-0002-9446-4310 |
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0000-0001-7122-5993 |
| Gpo Item No. |
0430-P-03 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
E 9.16:NREL/TP-5000-75209 |
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