NREL- Wind Forecast Improvement Project in Complex Terrain (WFIP2) - NREL Tracking No. 15-020 Award Number: DE-AC36-08GO28308 CX(s) Applied: A9, A11, B3.1 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Date: 07/13/15 Location(s): OR Office(s): Go...
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NREL- Wind Forecast Improvement Project in Complex Terrain (WFIP2) - NREL Tracking No. 15-020
Award Number: DE-AC36-08GO28308
CX(s) Applied: A9, A11, B3.1
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Date: 07/13/15
Location(s): OR
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) proposes to deploy metrological monitoring equipment at two sites in Oregon in support of the DOE EERE Wind Forecast Improvement Project in Complex Terrain (WFIP2) project (see FOA award DE-FOA-0000984 uploaded to the PMC database for more information). The purpose of the FWIP2 project is to use meteorological data from sites around the Columbia River Gorge to improve wind/weather forecasting models.
NREL activities in support of the WFIP2 project would include the following:
- Provide and deploy two SODAR (SOnic Detection And Ranging) units to two monitoring sites in Oregon. One SODAR unit will be placed at the Condon State Airport (Pauling Field) in Condon, Oregon and other at the private Decker Ranch Airport outside of Kent, Oregon.
- Collect metrological measurement data from the SODAR units for a period up to two years. The collected data will be shared with other WFIP2 partners, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
- Conduct periodic maintenance on provided SODAR units. This task may be conducted by NREL personnel or by another WFIP2 team partner.
- Perform limited data analysis of SODAR metrological measurement data
- Remove the SODAR units at the completion of the monitoring phase of the WFIP2 project.
- Provide technical assistant and support to the various WFIP2 project teams established by the WFIP2 steering committee.