A lidar buoy was deployed at Morro Bay, CA (35.71074°N, 121.84606°W) between 2020-10-17 and 2021-10-16 (see Krishnamurthy et al., 2023 Earth Syst. Sci. Data). This validation dataset can be downloaded from the DOE Wind Data Hub:
Wind Data Hub. buoy/lidar.z06.b0. 2021. Maintained by Wind Data Hub for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy DOI: https://www.osti.gov/search/semantic:10.21947/1959721 Accessed: 08 09 2025.
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NWP comparison with WRF, using initial/boundary conditions from ERA5
Reference WRF inputs from Geng Xia, NREL
Anelastic LES comparison with PINACLES, using initial/boundary conditions from the HRRR
Vtable for HRRR (3D pressure level data) provided by David Wiersema, LLNL