Year-long buoy-based observations of the air–sea transition zone off the US west coast

Krishnamurthy, Raghavendra; García Medina, Gabriel; Gaudet, Brian; Gustafson Jr., William I.; Kassianov, Evgueni I.; Liu, Jinliang; Newsom, Rob K.; Sheridan, Lindsay M.; Mahon, Alicia M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-5667-2023

Articles | Volume 15, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-5667-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-5667-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 12

Data description paper

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14 Dec 2023

Data description paper |

| 14 Dec 2023

Year-long buoy-based observations of the air–sea transition zone off the US west coast

Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Gabriel García Medina, Brian Gaudet, William I. Gustafson Jr., Evgueni I. Kassianov, Jinliang Liu, Rob K. Newsom, Lindsay M. Sheridan, and Alicia M. Mahon

Data sets

Humboldt Buoy Surface Raghavendra Krishnamurthy and Lindsay Sheridan https://doi.org/10.21947/1783807

Morro Bay Buoy Surface Raghavendra Krishnamurthy and Lindsay Sheridan https://doi.org/10.21947/1959715

Humboldt Buoy Lidar Raghavendra Krishnamurthy and Lindsay Sheridan https://doi.org/10.21947/1783809

Morro Bay Buoy Lidar Raghavendra Krishnamurthy and Lindsay Sheridan https://doi.org/10.21947/1959721

DOE Lidar Buoy Raw Data Codes Raghavendra Krishnamurthy https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10223643

Short summary

Our understanding and ability to observe and model air–sea processes has been identified as a principal limitation to our ability to predict future weather. Few observations exist offshore along the coast of California. To improve our understanding of the air–sea transition zone and support the wind energy industry, two buoys with state-of-the-art equipment were deployed for 1 year. In this article, we present details of the post-processing, algorithms, and analyses.