Caroline Draxl, Ph.D., is a senior scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Flatirons Campus, where she advances the current state-of-the-art in mesoscale modeling as it specifically pertains to wind energy. Her research includes using numerical weather prediction models to study wind resources in various countries, conducting land-based and offshore boundary layer research, and coupling of the mesoscale flow features (kilometer scale) to the microscale (tens of meters) using mesoscale and large-eddy simulations. Caroline is a work package co-lead in the International Energy Association Wind Task 36, Forecasting for Wind Energy, and is active in the International Electrotechnical Commission and American Wind Energy Association standard groups. She holds a PhD degree from the Technical University of Denmark, Wind Energy, and a Master鈥檚 degree from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, in Meteorology.
Caroline's recent RASEI activities
Scientific challenges to characterizing the wind resource in the marine atmospheric boundary layer
Wind Energy Science, 2022, 7, 2307-2022 Read more
Detecting and characterizing simulated sea breezes over the US northeastern coast with implications for offshore wind energy
Wind Energy Sci., 2022, 7, 815-829 Read more
Can reanalysis products outperform mesoscale numerical weather prediction models in modeling the wind resource in simple terrain?
Wind Energ. Sci., 2022, 7, 487-504 Read more