COMMITTEE ON EVALUATION OF HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING AND IMPLICATIONS FOR OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT: NANTUCKET SHOALS
The Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
APRIL 25, 2023
VIRTUAL
| 12:15-1:15 | Sponsor Briefing |
| Mary Boatman, BOEM | |
| Sean Hayes, NOAA |
JUNE 01, 2023
ROOM 101
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome, Introductions, and Statement of Task |
| Kelly Oskvig, Study Director | |
| Eileen Hofmann, Committee Chair | |
| 9:15-10:00 | Oceanography of the Nantucket Shoals |
| Glen Gawarkiewicz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | |
| 10:00-10:45 | Potential Changes in Ecosystems Dynamics/Prey Field from Offshore Wind Turbine in the Nantucket Shoals Region |
| Jeffrey Runge, University of Maine |
| 10:45-11:15 | Break |
| 11:15-12:30 | European Perspective on Offshore Wind Turbine Effects on Hydrodynamics and Associated Ecosystems Changes |
| Göran Broström, University of Gothenburg | |
| Ute Daewel, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon | |
| Ariana Zampollo, University of Aberdeen | |
| 12:30-1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15-3:15 | Hydrodynamic Models (How Do Methods, Assumptions, and Conclusions Translate to the Nantucket Shoals Region) |
| FVCOM, Changsheng Chen, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth MIKE/DHI, Ole Petersen and Thomas Johnson, Danish Hydraulic Institute Delft3D, Yorick Broekema, Deltares |
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| 3:15-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:15 | Atmospheric Modeling for Wind Turbines—Wind Turbine Effects on Wind Stress |
| Cristina Archer, University of Delaware | |
| 4:15-5:30 | Industry Perspective on the Committee’s Task |
| Ruth Perry, Shell Renewable and Energy Solutions | |
| Seth Kaplan, Ocean Winds | |
| Laura Morse | |
| 5:30 | Meeting Adjourns |
JUNE 27, 2023
VIRTUAL
| 3:00-3:10 | Welcome and Introductions |
| Kelly Oskvig, Study Director | |
| Eileen Hofmann, Committee Chair | |
| 3:10-3:35 | Presentation on Zooplankton Dynamics in the NW Atlantic |
| Andrew Pershing, Director of Climate Science at Climate Central | |
| 3:35-4:00 | Q&A |