Journal article
Verification of a high-resolution mesoscale NWP system
CL Vincent, W Bourke, JD Kepert, M Chattopadhyay, Y Ma, PJ Steinle, CIW Tingwell
Australian Meteorological Magazine | AUSTRALIAN BUREAU METEOROLOGY | Published : 2008
Abstract
Accurate prediction of low-level winds is an important research area for wind farm forecasting applications. The Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research has extended its existing numerical weather prediction (NWP) capabilities to develop and implement a mesoscale assimilation and prediction system (named WLAPS for research purposes) which is shown to be an improvement on the Bureau's existing mesoscale model, mesoLAPS (denoted MLAPS). The usefulness of WLAPS as a tool for wind forecasting stems mainly from the fact that it has its own 10 km resolution data assimilation scheme, in contrast to earlier Bureau of Meteorology mesoscale models which were initialised by interpolation fro..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The support of CSIRO and a number of Australian wind farm operators who have provided access to wind data is gratefully acknowledged. The author's acknowledge the generous assistance of the CSIRO Wind Energy Research Unit in providing technical assistance in providing their quality-controlled wind tower data. The Australian Greenhouse Office is acknowledged For supporting the project. The authors also wish to thank Dr Gregor Gicbel and Dr Jake Badger of the Riso National Laboratory. Denmark, for useful conversations about the effects of stability in wind energy forecasting. The in-depth review and helpful Suggestions from Dr Grallam Mills of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research are greatly appreciated.