June 23, 2022
Journal Article

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

Abstract

In this study, we use data obtained from the lidar buoys in order to verify the skill of in-house model simulations of cases from the East Coast buoy deployment, performed at higher resolution than the reanalyses examined in Sheridan et al. (2021). We focus on cases where the reanalyses exhibited poor performance. We further use the COAWST modeling system to determine the impact of various degrees of wave / atmosphere coupling to the wind speed forecasts of the model configuration. Unlike previous studies of wave / atmosphere coupling with COAWST, we use a version of the Wavewatch III® (WW3) model based on a configuration previously used at PNNL for an extended simulation of the East Coast deployment period (García-Medina et al. 2020).

Published: June 23, 2022

Citation

Gaudet B.J., G. Garcia Medina, R. Krishnamurthy, W.J. Shaw, L.M. Sheridan, Z. Yang, and R.K. Newsom, et al. 2022. Evaluation of coupled wind-wave model simulations of offshore winds in the Mid-Atlantic Bight using lidar-equipped buoys. Monthly Weather Review 150, no. 6:1377–1395. PNNL-SA-161940. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-21-0166.1