Recent rapid advances in observational capabilities (i.e., scanning lidar) and simulation capabilities (i.e. nested mesoscale-large-eddy simulations) are opening opportunities for new insights in boundary-layer meteorology, moving away from idealized conditions and grappling with realistic heterogenous flow conditions. Fusing advances in modeling and observation together can optimize how we design and conduct field experiments to answer critical scientific questions. We have developed a virtual lidar approach and integrated it with nested mesoscale-large eddy simulations to investigate atmospheric boundary layer phenomena.
Julie Lundquist,
Johns Hopkins University
This talk will highlight our investigations of wind turbine wakes and their behavior in complex terrain (Robey and Lundquist, 2024) as well as whether or not stable boundary layer phenomena such as upwind blockage can be assessed with current measurement capabilities (Sanchez Gomez et al. 2022), related to the Perdigão and AWAKEN field experiments. This open-source virtual lidar tool, coupled with simulations, can provide a means for assessing measurement capabilities in advance of measurement campaigns.
Julie Lundquist is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Wind Energy. She leads an interdisciplinary research group in EPS and Mechanical Engineering with a joint appointment at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (now known as the National Lab of the Rockies). Her research group uses observational and computational approaches to understand the beautiful and complicated dynamics of atmospheric boundary layer, with an emphasis on atmosphere-wind energy interactions. She joined JHU in July 2024, also joining the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute, and serves on its Leadership Council. Previously, Julie was a Professor at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, and before that, a scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. She completed her PhD in Astrophysical, Planetary, and Atmospheric Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, and has a BA in English & Physics from Trinity University.