Forecast Improvement in Complex Terrain near the Columbia River Gorge Award Number: DE-EE0006898 CX(s) Applied: A9
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December 23, 2014
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Forecast Improvement in Complex Terrain near the Columbia River Gorge
Award Number: DE-EE0006898
CX(s) Applied: A9
Wind Program
Date: 12/23/2014
Location(s): CO
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Vaisala, Inc. to participate in the Wind Forecasting Improvement Project (WFIP2). The objective of Vaisala’s research would be to conduct to improve wind forecasting in complex terrain near the Columbia River Gorge. The project would include design and implementation of a field campaign to collect and analyze weather data, This would include collection of data from existing wind facilities, installation of temporary (12-18 months) instrumentation in the field and collection of data from those instruments, and analysis of all data collected. Specific sites for installation of temporary data collection instruments have not yet been identified. Therefore some tasks cannot be analyzed at this time. Vaisala would perform 13 tasks. The thirteen tasks would include:
• Task 1 - Development of a plan for instrumentation layout
• Task 2 - Make logistical arrangements for field study sites
• Task 3 - Deploy instruments
• Task 4 - Manage field study
• Tasks 5 - 13 Include collecting and analyzing data, and reporting