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Title: Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e)

A2e is a multi-year, multi-stakeholder DOE research and development initiative tasked with improving wind plant performance and mitigating risk and uncertainty to achieve substantial reduction in the cost of wind energy production. The A2e strategic vision will enable a new generation of wind plant technology, in which smart wind plants are designed to achieve optimized performance stemming from more complete knowledge of the inflow wind resource and complex flow through the wind plant. Focus areas include high fidelity modeling, verification, and validation; aeroacoustics; integrated wind plant control; integrated systems and analysis; reliability; and data archiving.
Product Type:
Project
Project Lead:
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  1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Research Org(s):
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); National Weather Service (NWS)
Sponsoring Org:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind Energy Technologies Office (EE-4WE)
Geolocation:
-119.27923,46.345195
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; offshore wind energy; coastal wind; BUOY; CWP; wake steering; WAKE; wind forecast; instrument assessment; meteorology; radar; lidar; wind turbine
OSTI Identifier:
1374158
Project Location:
Richland, WA
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  1. In support of the Wind Forecasting Improvement Project, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) deployed surface meteorological stations in Oregon.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
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    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  2. These data contain measurements from a four-component net radiometer, as well as 2-m temperature, pressure, and relative humidity. In addition, soil moisture and temperature measurements and soil heat fluxes are included.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  3. 1. Evaluate performance of the Halo Photonics Streamline lidar against a calibrated reference (i.e. the BAO tower). 2. Provide measurements of vertical velocity for use with other scanning lidars to better constrain velocity retrievals. 3. Provide colocated reference for comparison with Vindicator lidars.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  4. The metadata for the TTUKa2 XPIA deployments are included in the attached text file.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  5. Measurements of surface sensible heat flux, momentum flux, wind components, and virtual temperature.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
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    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  6. This dataset showcases the role of shortwave and longwave radiation in planetary boundary layer (PBL) development and winds. Radiation budget is part of the energy budget.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  7. Proving basic surface meteorology, soil hydrology and temperature, and fluxes of energy (radiation and turbulent fluxes) and water (precipitation, evaporation, and soil moisture).
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  8. Sounding data from Watertank (site of NOAA's High Resolution Doppler Lidar) for comparison with microwave profilers.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  9. This dataset is used to monitor different atmospheric variables over many levels of the 300-m Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) tower.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
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    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  10. Monitor real-time profiles of virtual temperature (C), wind speed (ms-1), and direction (deg) few km above ground level.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  11. This datset includes collected wind speed and direction from 30 m to 200 m above ground level (AGL) in 10-m range gates.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  12. To provide lower level wind speed and direction measurements.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  13. The dataset provides wind, temperature, and turbulence measurements.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  14. To provide lower level wind speed and direction measurements.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  15. To provide lower level wind speed and direction measurements.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  16. This dataset includes collected wind speed and direction from 30 m to 200 m above ground level (AGL) in 10-m range gates.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  17. This dataset showcases the role of shortwave and longwave radiation in planetary boundary layer (PBL) development and winds. Radiation budget is part of the energy budget.
    View Dataset
    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  18. These data are for calculating eddy covariance flux measurements.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
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    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  19. Monitor real-time profiles of virtual temperature (C), wind speed (ms-1), and direction (deg) few km above ground level.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
  20. Monitor real-time profiles of temperature (K), water vapor (gm-3), relative humidity (%) and liquid water (gm-3) up to 10km.
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    DOE Contract Number:
    67025F
    Publication Date:
    Research Org:
    Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Data Archive and Portal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; PNNL
    Sponsoring Org:
    USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)