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for Grid Decarbonization

Helping policymakers
and emergency planners
achieve an energy future
that is resilient.

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Portrait of David Judi

David Judi

Director, Earth Systems Science

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) leads in modeling interdependencies across spatial scales and prioritizes research areas that are aligned with the needs of the energy sector while considering environmental health and societal well-being. These capabilities help grid operators, policymakers, and other decision-makers understand changes and risks involved in the energy sector. 

PNNL modeling experts develop and deploy tools to make informed decisions that consider the pressures of climate change, an increasing global population, and growing water and energy demands. In its unique approaches, PNNL also co-develops community tools and capabilities with numerous partners to provide ultimate impact. By cooperatively developing new hierarchical modeling frameworks and coupling approaches, PNNL addresses complex questions across spatial scales aimed at creating a more resilient world.

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Water Management

Distribution system resilience

FOR GRID OPERATORS

EGRASS

Identify optimal backup power sources for recovery of critical end-use loads

( Learn More )

Water management

fOR researchers

WM, WMP

Regulates river streamflow through the representation of dam operations and water extractions, and normalizes return flow for irrigation and non-irrigation. Includes process-based hydropower model. 

Hydropower and thermoelectric generation constraints

fOR RESEARCHERS

hydrofixr

Statistical processing of either WM-simulated or observed flow release or storage into hydropower and thermoelectric datasets

( Learn more )

Global water availability

FOR researchers

GCAM-Xanthos

Global estimates of renewable fresh-water resources, including runoff, streamflow, and hydropower potential; and thermoelectric constraints.

 

( Learn more )

Thermoelectric capacity

FOR water-storage reservoir simulation in texas

capraTX

Simulates water-storage reservoirs providing cooling water to thermal power plants in the ERCOT

( Learn more )

* Indicates co-developed community tool

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Hydrology

Distributed hydrology soil vegetation modeling

For engineering design curves; evaluating tradeoffs

DHSVM

High-resolution, distributed-surface hydrology

( Learn more )

Continental-scale river routing

FOR researchers

MOSART

Grid-scale based, scale-adaptive continental river routing; support distributed water availability studies

 

( Learn more )

Macro-scale surface hydrology

for forecasters, researchers, water managers

VIC*

Continental-scale physics-based hydrologic model that represents energy balance

Soil and water assessment

for researchers, water, and agricultural stakeholders

SWAT*

River-basin scale model to understand soil-water interactions

( Learn more )

* Indicates co-developed community tool

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Extreme Weather Resilience

Flood predictability

for researchers, emergency response planners

RIFT

Rapidly predict flood extents to characterize infrastructure impacts

( Learn More )

Hurricane risk

for researchers, emergency response planners

RAFT

Project changes in hurricane intensity, frequency, and land-falling location to evaluate hurricane impacts on coastal regions

Rapid damage analytics

for grid planners and emergency managers

RADR

Actionable insights using image analytics derived from optical and radar-based remotely-sensed imagery

( Learn More )
WaterEnergyDemand

Water and Energy Demand

Electricity load prediction

for energy research forecasters

TELL** 

Generate hourly total electricity load predictions for every county in the continental United States.

( Learn more )

Water demand prediction

for researchers

GCAM-Tethys

Sectoral water demand prediction; withdrawal datasets

( Learn more )

** Indicates model still under development

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Land Use

Land use, land cover downscaling

for researchers; land use planners

DEMETER 

Disaggregate projections of future land allocations generated by integrated human-Earth system models

( Learn more )

Biomass assessment

for researchers

BAT 

Determine where biomass production can occur and how much resource is required, assess tradeoffs

( Learn More )

Agricultural water demand management

for RESEARCHERS

WM-ABM

Represent agricultural human decision-making for multisector analysis; deploy alongside modeled representations of physical systems

( Learn More )

Electricity system capacity expansion downscaling

FOR ENERGY PLANNERS, RESEARCHERS

CERF

Identify feasible, site-specific locations for individual new power plants

( Learn more )

Community land modeling

FOR RESEARCHERS

CLM*

Global-scale representation of land surface-hydrology processes, capable of simulating anthropogenic influences on the terrestrial hydrological budget

( Learn More )

* Indicates co-developed community tool

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Earth Systems

Community Earth modeling

for researchers

E3SM*

Modeling Earth system variability and change

( Learn More )

Weather research and forecasting

for forecasters, researchers, and energy and water planners

WRF*

Numerical weather prediction for atmospheric research and operational forecasting

( Learn More )

* Indicates co-developed community tool

Related Links

Atmospheric Science - Modeling Earth Systems

Contact

David Judi
Director, Earth Systems Science
david.judi@pnnl.gov
509-372-6147

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