Improving the mapping and prediction of offshore wind resources (impowr) experimental overview and first results

The IMPOWR field program collected surface, tower, and aircraft observations over coastal southern New England, which will broaden the understanding of diurnal coastal flows and improve models for offshore wind power. The article provides an overview of the IMPOWR experiment and to describe a few case studies to further motivate the research. The cases illustrate a coastally enhanced flow event near Nantucket island and a New York Bight jet along the New Jersey coast.