Estimating the Wind Resource in Uttarakhand: Comparison of Dynamic Downscaling with Doppler Lidar Wind Measurements

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1126840· OSTI ID:1126840

Lundquist, J. K. ^[1]; Pukayastha, A. ^[1]; Martin, C. ^[2]; Newsom, R. ^[3]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
3. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Previous estimates of the wind resources in Uttarakhand, India, suggest minimal wind resources in this region. To explore whether or not the complex terrain in fact provides localized regions of wind resource, the authors of this study employed a dynamic down scaling method with the Weather Research and Forecasting model, providing detailed estimates of winds at approximately 1 km resolution in the finest nested simulation.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wind and Water Power Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1126840
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-5000-61103
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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