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Meteorologist
WRI Energy
I recently graduated with my M.S. in Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (concentrating in Atmospheric Science) from Stony Brook University's School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. Interest in coastal and offshore atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) processes, how numerical weather prediction models represent the marine ABL, and its impacts on growing offshore wind energy led me to pursue my thesis project. My Master's thesis project validated offshore winds from several different NWP model analyses (i.e., ERA5 reanalysis, HRRR analysis, and NREL’s NOW-23 WRF model) using observations from two New York State Energy Research and Development Authority floating lidar wind profilers in the New York Bight. Model analysis offshore winds were validated under different seasons, months, and time of day; under different atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) stability conditions; and under warm season coastal low-level jets (LLJs) in the New York Bight. Quantification of the limitations of several NWP model analyses in accurately depicting offshore marine ABL winds for wind energy resource assessment/forecasting, and discussion of the environmental conditions and flow patterns associated with large model analysis wind speed resource errors were performed.
In June 2024, I joined the WRI Energy team of Weather Routing Inc where I am applying my knowledge of synoptic and mesoscale meteorology, marine atmospheric boundary layer processes, and numerical weather prediction for various metocean design projects for offshore wind, salvage, and construction.