Search Results - "Capps, Scott B."

Downscaling near-surface wind over complex terrain using a physically-based statistical modeling approach by Huang, Hsin-Yuan, Capps, Scott B., Huang, Shao-Ching, Hall, Alex

“…A physically-based statistical modeling approach to downscale coarse resolution reanalysis near-surface winds over a region of complex terrain is developed and…”
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Improving a WRF-Based High-Impact Weather Forecast System for a Northern California Power Utility by Carpenter, Richard L., Gowan, Taylor A., Lillo, Samuel P., Strenfel, Scott J., Eiserloh, Arthur. J., Duffey, Evan J., Qu, Xin, Capps, Scott B., Liu, Rui, Zhuang, Wei

“…We describe enhancements to an operational forecast system based on the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for the prediction of high-impact weather…”
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Global ocean wind power sensitivity to surface layer stability by Capps, Scott B., Zender, Charles S.

“…Global ocean wind power has recently been assessed (W. T. Liu et al., 2008) using scatterometry‐based 10 m winds. We characterize, for the first time, wind…”
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Estimated global ocean wind power potential from QuikSCAT observations, accounting for turbine characteristics and siting by Capps, Scott B., Zender, Charles S.

“…For the first time, global ocean usable wind power is evaluated for modern offshore turbine characteristics including hub height, usable portion of the wind…”
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El Niño-Southern Oscillation impacts on winter winds over Southern California by Berg, Neil, Hall, Alex, Capps, Scott B., Hughes, Mimi

“…Changes in wintertime 10 m winds due to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation are examined using a 6 km resolution climate simulation of Southern California…”
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Observed and CAM3 GCM Sea Surface Wind Speed Distributions: Characterization, Comparison, and Bias Reduction by Capps, Scott B., Zender, Charles S.

“…Climatological surface wind speed probability density functions (PDFs) estimated from observations are characterized and used to evaluate, for the first time,…”
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Body surface area as a predictor of aortic and pulmonary valve diameter by Capps, Scott B., Elkins, Ronald C., Fronk, David M.

“…Background: Predicting cardiac valve size from noncardiac anatomic measurements would benefit pediatric cardiologists, adult cardiologists, and cardiac…”
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Humoral immune response to allograft valve tissue pretreated with an antigen reduction process by Elkins, R C, Lane, M M, Capps, S B, McCue, C, Dawson, P E

“…The humoral immune response to allograft heart valves as measured by PRA was absent in 52 of 57 (91%) patients at 1 month and was absent in 43 of 49 (88%) at 3…”
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