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Namelists for the CA20 Dataset and Figure Notebooks

<p>This dataset contains the namelists used to generate the CA20 dataset, as well as&nbsp;notebooks and post-processed data used to generate figures for &quot;A Twenty-Year Analysis of Winds in California for Offshore Wind Energy Production Using WRF v4.1.2&quot; (in review).</p> <p>CA20 is a 20-year offshore wind resource assessment in the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California. namelist.wps was used by <a href="https://github.com/wrf-model/WPS">WPS 4.1</a> to generate boundary conditions. namelist.input was used by <a href="https://github.com/wrf-model/WRF">WRF 4.1.2 </a>to carry out the CA20 simulation.&nbsp;Details of the CA20 dataset as well as analysis may be found in the technical report &quot;2020 Offshore Wind Resource Assessment for the California Pacific Outer Continental Shelf&quot;&nbsp;<a href="http://doi.org/10.2172/1677466">doi.org/10.2172/1677466</a>. The dataset itself may accessed through the&nbsp;<a href="https://registry.opendata.aws/nrel-pds-wtk/">Registry of Open Data on AWS</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>Update on July 11, 2023: The previous versions of namelist.input incorrectly listed the surface layer scheme as 1 (MM5) when it should have been 5 (MYNN). This error occurred during manual transcription of a template namelist.</p>

ShareScore

36/100

Overall dataset sharing score

Score breakdown

These five areas show where the dataset supports — or may limit — practical reuse.

Stewardship
8
Harmonization
4
Access
16
Reuse readiness
8
Engagement
0

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