Explanipedia

A Comparison of Pre‐Construction and Operational Wake Loss Estimates for Land‐Based Wind Plants Open

Eric Simley, Jason Fields, Jordan Perr‐Sauer, Jeffery M. Allen, Nicola Bodini , et al. · 2025

The overall bias between pre‐construction energy yield assessment (EYA) estimates of wind plant energy production and the achieved operational production is improving in the wind industry, but uncertainty remains high for individual wind p…

Performance of reanalysis and mesoscale models for wind resource assessment off the coast of Hawaii Open

Lindsay Sheridan, Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Tien M. Nguyen, Yi‐Leng Chen, William I. Gustafson , et al. · 2025

The eastern Hawaii coast in the United States is characterized by considerable wind resource fuelled by persistent trade winds, making it an important area for wind energy research. The need is strong for reanalyses, higher-resolution regi…

Operational wind plants increase planetary boundary layer height: an observational study Open

Aliza Abraham, Matteo Puccioni, Arianna Jordan, Emina Maric, Nicola Bodini , et al. · 2025

Environmental science Geology Materials science

As wind energy deployment grows, interactions between wind plants and the surrounding environment become more prevalent. The current investigation seeks to understand these interactions by characterizing the impact of wind plants on the pl…

Emerging mobile lidar technology to study boundary-layer winds influenced by operating turbines Open

Yelena L. Pichugina, Alan Brewer, Sunil Baidar, Robert M. Banta, Edward Strobach , et al. · 2025

Environmental science Geology Geography

The development of a microjoule-class pulsed Doppler lidar and deployment of this compact system on mobile platforms such as aircraft, ships, or trucks has opened a new opportunity to characterize the dynamics of complex mesoscale wind flo…

Performance of wind assessment datasets in United States coastal areas Open

Lindsay Sheridan, Jiali Wang, Caroline Draxl, Nicola Bodini, Caleb Phillips , et al. · 2025

Geography Environmental science

The atmospheric dynamics that occur near the intersection of land and water offer exciting and challenging opportunities for wind energy deployment in coastal locations. New models and tools are continually being developed in support of wi…

Simulated meteorological impacts of offshore wind turbines and sensitivity to the amount of added turbulence kinetic energy Open

Daphne Quint, Julie K. Lundquist, Nicola Bodini, David Rosencrans · 2025

Environmental science Geology Physics

Offshore wind energy projects are currently in development off the east coast of the United States and may influence the local meteorology of the region. Wind power production and other commercial uses in this area are related to atmospher…

A perspective on lessons learned and future needs for wind energy field campaigns Open

Nicola Bodini, Patrick Moriarty, Stefano Letizia, Jakob Mann, Sonia Wharton , et al. · 2025

Political science Engineering Computer science

This perspective paper provides motivation and guidance to the wind energy community for suggested future investments and a long-term strategy for wind-energy-related field campaigns that will provide much-needed observations for improving…

Observations of wind farm wake recovery at an operating wind farm Open

Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Rob Newsom, Colleen Kaul, Stefano Letizia, Mikhail Pekour , et al. · 2025

Environmental science Physics Materials science

The interplay of momentum surrounding wind farms significantly influences wake recovery, affecting the speed at which wakes return to their freestream velocities. Under stable atmospheric conditions, wind farm wakes can extend over conside…

The effects of wind farm wakes on freezing sea spray in the mid-Atlantic offshore wind energy areas Open

David Rosencrans, Julie K. Lundquist, Mike Optis, Nicola Bodini · 2025

Environmental science Geology Geography

The USA is expanding its wind energy fleet offshore where winds tend to be strong and consistent. In the mid-Atlantic, strong winds, which promote convective heat transfer and wind-generated sea spray, paired with cold temperatures can cau…

AWAKEN Site A1 - NREL Scanning Lidar (Halo XR #235) / Derived Data - Wind Statistics Open

Stefano Letizia, Nicola Bodini · 2025

The 10-min wind statistics from ground-based Doppler lidar at site A1 were calculated using a modified version of the Sathe et al., 2015 paper in the references.

WFIP3 - BARG site - NREL Profiling Lidar (Windcube v2.1) / Raw Data Open

Nicola Bodini · 2025

Environmental science Computer science Geography

This dataset contains raw data from NREL's profiling lidar (Windcube v2.1) at the WFIP3 BARG site. Two data types are included here: 1) STA files, which have 10-minute average data, and 2) RTD files, which have real time data, at about 1 H…

WFIP3 - SHIP site - NREL Profiling Lidar (Windcube v2.1) / Reviewed data Open

Nicola Bodini · 2025

Environmental science Computer science Geography

This dataset contains reviewed data from the profiling lidar (Windcube v2.1) deployed on WFIP3's SHIP. The reviewed files herein are based on the lidar's RTD files (i.e., the real-time raw data files at near 1 Hz resolution). The data have…

WFIP3 - BARG site - NREL Scanning Lidar (Halo XR+ #235) / Processed Data Open

Nicola Bodini · 2025

Environmental science Geology Physics

This dataset contains processed data from NREL's Halo XR+ scanning lidar at WFIP3's BARG site. Note: this version of the data has NOT been corrected for the motion of the barge.

WFIP3 - NOAA SHIP site - NREL Profiling Lidar (Windcube v2.1) / Reviewed data Open

Nicola Bodini · 2025

Computer science Environmental science Geography

This dataset contains reviewed data from the profiling lidar (Windcube v2.1) deployed on WFIP3's NOAA SHIP. The reviewed files herein are based on the lidar's RTD files (i.e., the real-time raw data files at near 1 Hz resolution). The data…

BLOC site - NREL Scanning Lidar / Derived Data Open

Nicola Bodini · 2025

Environmental science Geology Physics

This dataset contains daily csv files summarizing data from 10-min wind statistics from ground-based Doppler lidar at the BLOC site for the WFIP3 event log. See https://a2e.energy.gov/ds/wfip3/bloc.lidar.10min.z01.c1/summary. This lidar wa…

NOAA ship - NREL Scanning Lidar (Halo XR #235) / Raw Data Open

Nicola Bodini · 2025

Environmental science Geography Computer science

These data include raw scanning Doppler lidar measurements from the deployment of the NREL Halo XR+ (s/n 235) at WFIP3's NOAA ship. The raw measurements include uncalibrated beam azimuth angles, radial velocity, backscatter, signal to nois…

WFIP3 - CACO site - NREL Ceilometer (Vaisala CL51) / Reviewed Data Open

Nicola Bodini, Andy Scholbrock · 2025

NetCDF L2 data files from the CACO ceilometer contain level 2 (L2) data that have gone through the precalculation service and averaging. The profile is set to 4500 m (14,764 ft).

WFIP3 - BLOC site - NREL Scanning Lidar (vertical stares) / Raw Data Open

Nicola Bodini · 2025

Environmental science Geography Computer science

This dataset contains raw data from a Halo StreamLine XR scanning doppler lidar deployed at the BLOC site used to perform vertical stares.

WFIP3 - NOAA ship - NREL Scanning Lidar (Halo XR #235) / Processed Data Open

Nicola Bodini · 2025

Environmental science Computer science Geography

This dataset contains processed data from NREL's Halo XR+ #235 scanning lidar at WFIP3's NOAA ship site. The location of the ship is provided separately. The data have NOT been corrected for the motion of the ship.

WFIP3 - NOAA SHIP site - NREL Ceilometer (Vaisala CL51) / Derived Data Open

Nicola Bodini, Andy Scholbrock · 2025

Computer science Mathematics

NOAA SHIP ceilometer: netCDF L3 data files have level 3 (L3) data that have gone through the calculation service and contain all the data from the algorithms, including mixing layer height values, and quality index data. L3 default files c…

WFIP3 - BLOC site - NREL Scanning Lidar (vertical profiles) / Raw Data Open

Nicola Bodini · 2025

Environmental science Geography Computer science

This dataset contains raw data from NREL's scanning lidar performing vertical profiles at the BLOC site. This lidar was Halo XR #216 through February 24, 2025, Halo XR #217 from February 24, 2025 through April 17, 2025, and again Halo XR #…

CACO site - NREL Ceilometer (Vaisala CL51) / Processed Data Open

Nicola Bodini, Andy Scholborck · 2025

This dataset consists of CACO Site netCDF L1 data files containing level 1 (L1) data from the ceilometer.

WFIP3 - BLOC site - NREL Scanning Lidar (vertical profiles) / Derived Data - Wind Statistics Open

Nicola Bodini · 2025

Environmental science Geography Physics

The 10-min wind statistics from ground-based Doppler lidar at the BLOC site were calculated using the Sathe et al., 2015, paper in the references. This lidar was Halo XR #216 through February 24, 2025, Halo XR #217 from February 24, 2025 t…

WFIP3 - CACO site - NREL Ceilometer (Vaisala CL51) / Derived Data Open

Nicola Bodini, Andy Scholbrock · 2025

CACO ceilometer: netCDF L3 data files have level 3 (L3) data that have gone through the calculation service and contain all the data from the algorithms, including mixing layer height values, and quality index data. L3 default files contai…

AWAKEN Site A1 - NREL Scanning Lidar (Halo XR #235) / Derived Data - High-Frequency Wind Profiles Open

Stefano Letizia, Nicola Bodini · 2025

Wind profiles from ground-based Doppler lidar at site A1 were calculated for each 6-beam profiling scan (one point every ~20 s). The wind speed retrieval uses a modified version of the Sathe et al., 2015, paper in the references.

WFIP3 - SHIP site - NREL Profiling Lidar (Windcube v2.1) / Derived data Open

Nicola Bodini · 2025

Environmental science Computer science Geography

This dataset contains derived data from the profiling lidar (Windcube v2.1) deployed at WFIP3's SHIP. The derived data files herein are based on the lidar's STA files (i.e., the 10-min average data files). The data have been corrected for …

WFIP3 - BARG site - NREL Profiling Lidar (Windcube v2.1) / Reviewed Data Open

Nicola Bodini · 2025

Environmental science Computer science Geography

This dataset contains reviewed data from the profiling lidar (Windcube v2.1) deployed on WFIP3's barge. The reviewed files herein are based on the lidar's RTD files (i.e., the real-time raw data files at near 1 Hz resolution). The data hav…

BARG site - NREL Scanning Lidar / Derived Data Open

Nicola Bodini · 2025

Environmental science Computer science Physics

This dataset contains daily csv files summarizing data from 10-min wind statistics from Doppler lidar at the BARG site for the WFIP3 event log. See https://a2e.energy.gov/ds/wfip3/bloc.lidar.10min.z01.c1/summary

Site H - Event Log / Derived Data Open

Stefano Letizia, Nicola Bodini · 2025

This dataset contains the event log table that provides 10-minute wind statistics from the scanning lidar at AWAKEN's site H. This is a good dataset to start from for people unfamiliar with the AWAKEN project.

Nicola Bodini YOU? Author Swipe