edu.ucar.opensky::articles:27288 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-24T18:47:00.751211 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7k35zwk https://doi.org/10.5066/F7TX3DN0 https Related Dataset #1 United States Wind Turbine Database https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10823524 https Related Dataset #2 Skillful Seasonal Prediction of Wind Energy Resources in the contiguous United States Skillful seasonal prediction of wind energy resources in the contiguous United States 2024-06-11T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7k35zwk https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01457-w Yang, X. author Delworth, T. L. author Jia, L. author Johnson, N. C. author Lu, Feiyu author McHugh, C. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher A key challenge with the wind energy utilization is that winds, and thus wind power, are highly variable on seasonal to interannual timescales because of atmospheric variability. There is a growing need of skillful seasonal wind energy prediction for energy system planning and operation. Here we demonstrate model's capability in producing skillful seasonal wind energy prediction over the U.S. Great Plains during peak energy seasons (winter and spring), using seasonal prediction products from a climate model. The dominant source of that skillful prediction mainly comes from year-to-year variations of El Ni ntilde;o-Southern Oscillation in the tropical Pacific, which alters large-scale wind and storm track patterns over the United States. In the Southern Great Plains, the model can predict strong year-to-year wind energy changes with high skill multiple months in advance. Thus, this seasonal wind energy prediction capability offers potential benefits for optimizing wind energy utilization during peak energy production seasons. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Copyright author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. None eng geoscientificInformation