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Staging for validation deployment in January 2020.

Ocean Tech Services, LLC

Buoys staged by dock awaiting validation deployment

Buoys staged for validation deployment in January 2020.

Ocean Tech Services, LLC

Buoys undergoing validation off Martha's Vineyard

Buoys off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts undergoing validation in January 2020.

Ocean Tech Services, LLC

Buoy stationed off Martha's Vineyard for validation.

Buoy stationed off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts for validation in January 2020.

Ocean Tech Services, LLC

Buoys stationed off Martha's Vineyard for validation

Buoys stationed off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts for deployment in January 2020.

Ocean Tech Services, LLC

Buoy stationed for deployment off Morro Bay, California in September 2020.

Buoy stationed off Morro Bay, California for deployment in September 2020.

AXYS Technologies, Inc.

Buoy on water at Marine and Coastal Research Laboratory

Performance testing of lidar buoys at PNNL's Marine and Coastal Research Laboratory in October 2014.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Performance testing of lidar buoys at PNNL's Marine and Coastal Research Laboratory in October 2014.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Raghavendra (Raghu) Krishnamurthy

Earth scientist, Wind Resource Characterization portfolio manager

raghavendra.krishnamurthy@pnnl.gov

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Offshore Wind

Wind Data Management

Wind Resource Characterization

Marine Energy

Wind Energy

PNNL

Lidar Buoy Program

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Floating Offshore Laboratory Collects Unprecedented Measurements

Rising Tide Lifts All Buoys

West Coast Seabird Study Shows How They Might One Day Share the Air with Wind Turbines

PNNL Scientists Are Working to Advance the Future of Floating Offshore Wind Farms

Novel Field Campaign Sets Sail to Improve Offshore Wind Forecasts

PNNL Successfully Deploys Floating Data Collection Buoy in Hawai’i

Publications

The 2023 National Offshore Wind data set (NOW-23)

Assessing Impacts of Waves on Hub-Height Winds off the U.S. West Coast Using Lidar Buoys and Coupled Modeling Approaches

Offshore Low-Level Jet Observations and Model Representation Using Lidar Buoy Data off the California Coast

Year-long Buoy-Based Observations of the Air-Sea Transition Zone off the U.S. West Coast

Identifying meteorological drivers for errors in modeled winds along the Northern California Coast

Evaluation of coupled wind-wave model simulations of offshore winds in the Mid-Atlantic Bight using lidar-equipped buoys

Assessment of Model Hub Height Wind Speed Performance Using DOE Lidar Buoy Data

Advancing Offshore Wind Resource Characterization Using Buoy-based Observations

Validation of Reanalysis-Based Offshore Wind Resource Characterization Using Lidar Buoy Observations

Mid-Atlantic Bight wave hindcast to support DOE lidar buoy deployments: model validation

General Analysis of Data Collected from DOE Lidar Buoy Deployments Off Virginia and New Jersey

Contributing to Long-term Wind Resource Characterization through Buoy-based Observations of Meteorological and Oceanographic Conditions

Lidar Buoy Data Analysis: Basic Assessment of Observed Conditions and Instrument Performance Off Virginia and New Jersey

Department of Energy WindSentinel Loan Program Description

Optimizing Lidar Wind Measurements from the DOE WindSentinel Buoys

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