Branko Kosovic

Project Scientist / Interim Director

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Bio

Dr. Kosović is the Program Manager for Renewable Energy for the Research Applications Laboratory and the Interim Director of the Weather Systems and Assessment Program. He joined NCAR in 2009 after seven years at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado (1996), M.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from Penn State University (1991), and B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rijeka, Croatia (1988). Dr. Kosović’s expertise is in boundary layer meteorology with a focus on high-resolution simulations of boundary layer flows. He has been involved in research and development activities in atmospheric transport and dispersion, turbulence simulations and modeling for renewable energy applications. He has also worked on inverse problems using nonlinear optimization and Bayesian inference with stochastic sampling. Dr. Kosović is currently working on extending multiscale modeling capabilities in numerical weather prediction models for wind and solar energy and wildland fire prediction applications.

Publications

Saide, P. E., D. Steinhoff, B. Kosovic, J. Weil, N. Downey, D. Blewitt, S. Hanna, L. Delle Monache, 2018: Evaluating methane emission estimation methods based on atmospheric measurements from oil and gas production using LES simulations. Accepted for publication in Environmental Science and Technology.
Jimenez, P. A., D. Muñoz-Esparza, and B. Kosović, 2018: A high resolution coupled fire-atmosphere forecasting system to minimize the impacts of wildland fires: Applications to the Chimney Tops II wildland event. Accepted for publication in Atmosphere.
Muñoz-Esparza, D., and B. Kosović, 2018: Generation of inflow turbulence in large-eddy simulations of non-neutral atmospheric boundary layers with the cell perturbation method. In early online release at Monthly Weather Review, https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/MWR-D-18-0077.1.
Muñoz-Esparza, D., B. Kosović, P. A. Jiménez, and J. L. Coen, 2018: An accurate fire-spread algorithm in the Weather Research and Forecasting model using the level-set method. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 10, 908-926. doi: 10.1002/2017MS001108.
Chu, X., L. Xiu, B. Geerts, B. Kosović, 2018: The impact of boundary layer turbulence on snow growth and precipitation: Idealized Large Eddy Simulations. Atmospheric Research, 204, 54-66, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.01.015.
Mirocha, J. D., M. J. Churchfield, D. Muñoz-Esparza, R. K. Rai, Y. Feng, B. Kosović, S. E. Haupt, B. Brown, B. L. Ennis, C. Draxl, J. S. Rodrigo, W. J. Shaw, L. K. Berg, P. J. Moriarty, R. R. Linn, V. R. Kotamarthi, R. Balakrishnan, J. W. Cline, M. C. Robinson, and S. Ananthan, 2018: Large-Eddy Simulation Sensitivities to Variations of Configuration and Forcing Parameters in Canonical Boundary-Layer Flows for Wind Energy Applications. Accepted for publication in Wind Energy Science. https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2017-33.
Haupt, S. E., B. Kosović, T. Jensen, J. K. Lazo, J. A. Lee, P. A. Jimenez, J. Cowie, G. Wiener, and T. C. McCandless, 2018: Building the Sun4Cast System: Improvements in Solar Power Forecasting. Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, 99, 121-135.
Rai, R., L. K. Berg, M. Pekour, W. J. Shaw, B. Kosovic, J. D. Mirocha, B. L. Ennis, 2017: Spatiotemporal Variability of Turbulence Kinetic Energy Budgets in the Convective Boundary Layer over Both Simple and Complex Terrain. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 56, 3285-3302.
Haupt, S. E., S. Dettling, J. K. Williams, J. Pearson, T. Jensen, T. Brummet, B. Kosovic, G. Wiener, T. McCandless, C. Burghardt, 2017: Blending distributed photovoltaic and demand load forecasts. Solar Energy, 157, 542-551.
Marjanovic, N., J. D. Mirocha, B. Kosovic, J. K. Lundquist, F. K. Chow, 2017: Implementation of a generalized actuator line model for wind turbine parameterization in the Weather Research and Forecasting model. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 9, No. 063308.
Muñoz-Esparza, D., J. K. Lundquist, J. A. Sauer, B. Kosović, 2017: Coupled mesoscale-LES modeling of a diurnal cycle during the CWEX-13 field campaign: From weather to boundary-layer eddies. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 9, 1572-1594, doi:10.1002/2017MS000960.
Lee, J., J. P. Hacker, L. Delle Monache, B. Kosovic, and A. Clifton, F. Vanderberghe, J. Sanz Rodrigo, 2017: Improving Wind Predictions in the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer through Parameter Estimation in a Single-Column Model. Monthly Weather Review, 145, 5-24, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-16-0063.1.
Haupt, S. E., B. Kosovic, 2017: Variable Generation Power Forecasting as a Big Data Problem. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 8, DOI: 10.1109/TSTE.2016.2604679.
Rai, R. K., L. K. Berg, B. Kosović, J. D. Mirocha, M. S. Pekour, W. J. Shaw, 2016: Comparison of Measured and Numerically Simulated Turbulence Statistics in a Convective Boundary Layer Over Complex Terrain. Published online 25 November 2016 in Boundary-Layer Meteorology, doi:10.1007/s10546-016-0217-y.
Sanz Rodrigo, J., R. A. Chávez Arroyo, P. Gancarski, P. Moriarty, M. Churchfield, A. Clifton, B. Kosović, P-E. Réthoré, K. S. Hansen, A. Hahmann, J. Mann, J. D. Mirocha, D. Rife, 2016: Mesoscale to microscale wind farm flow modelling and evaluation. Published online Aug 31 2016 in WIREs Energy Environ, doi: 10.1002/wene.214.
Sanz Rodrigo, J., M. Churchfield, and B. Kosovic, 2016: Atmospheric boundary layer modeling based on mesoscale tendencies and data assimilation at microscale. Published online 19 Aug 2016 in Wind Energy Science, doi:10.5194/wes-2016-26.
Lundquist, J. K., J. M. Wilczak,… B. Kosović,… R. Worsnop, 2016: Assessing state-of-the-art capabilities for probing the atmospheric boundary layer: the XPIA field campaign. Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, 98, 289-314, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00151.1.
Jimenez, P., S. Alessandrini, S. E. Haupt, A. J. Deng, B. Kosović, J. Lee, L. Delle-Monache, 2016: The role of unresolved clouds on short-range global horizontal irradiance predictability. Monthly Weather Review, 144, 3099–3107.
Vanderwende, B. J., B. Kosović, J. K. Lundquist, J. D. Mirocha, 2016: Simulating effects of a wind-turbine array using LES and RANS. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 8, 1376–1390.
Udina, M., J. Sun, B. Kosović, M. R. Soler, 2016: Exploring vertical turbulence structure in neutrally and stably stratied flows using WRF-LES model. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 161, 355–374.
Haupt, S. E., B. Kosović, 2015: Big Data and Machine Learning for Applied Weather Forecasts: Forecasting Solar Power for Utility Operations. 2015 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, p. 496 – 501.
Mirocha, J. D., D. A. Rajewski, N. Marjanovic, J. K. Lundquist, B. Kosović, C. Draxl, M. J. Churchfield, 2015: Investigating wind turbine impacts on near-wake flow using profiling lidar data and large-eddy simulations with an actuator disk model. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 7, No. 043143.
Muñoz-Esparza, D., J. Sauer, R. Linn, B. Kosović, 2015: Limitations of One-Dimensional Mesoscale PBL Parameterizations in Reproducing Mountain-Wave Flows. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 73, 2603-2614.
Munoz-Esparza, D., B. Kosović, J. D. Mirocha, J. van Beeck, 2015: A stochastic perturbation method to generate inflow turbulence in large-eddy simulation models: Application to neutrally stratified atmospheric boundary layers. Physics of Fluids, 27, No. 035102.
Nunalee, C., B. Kosović, P. Bieringer, 2014: Eulerian Dispersion Modeling with WRF-LES of Plume Impingement in Neutrally and Stably Stratified Turbulent Boundary Layers. Atmospheric Environment, 99, 571-581.
Munoz Esparza, D., B. Kosović, J. D. Mirocha, J. van Beeck, 2014: Bridging the transition from mesoscales to microscale turbulence in atmospheric models. In print Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 153, 409-440.
Ching, J., M. LeMone, R. Rotunno, A. Martilli, B. Kosovic, P. Jimenez, J. Dudhia, 2014: Convecitvely Induced Secondary Circulations in Fine-Grid Numerica Weather Prediction Models. Monthly Weather Review. 142, 3284-3302. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-13-00318.1
Munoz-Esparza, D., B. Kosović, C. Garcia-Sanchez, J. van Beeck, 2014: Nesting turbulence in an offshore convective boundary layer using large-eddy simulations. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 151, 453-478.
Aitken, M. L., B. Kosović, J. D. Mirocha, J. K. Lundquist, 2014: Large eddy simulation of wind turbine wake dynamics in the stable boundary layer using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model. In review Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 6.
Mirocha, J. D., B. Kosovic, M. L. Aitken, J. K. Lundquist, 2014: Implementation of a generalized actuator disk wind turbine model into the weather research and forecasting model for large-eddy simulation applications. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4861061
Mirocha, J., B. Kosović, G. Kirkil, 2014: Transition and Equilibration of Neutral Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flow in One-Way Nested Large-Eddy Simulations Using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model. Monthly Weather Review, 141, 918–940. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00263.1
Archer, C. L., B. A. Colle, L. Delle Monache, M. J. Dvorak, J. Lundquist, B. H. Bailey, P. Beaucage, M. J. Churchfield, A. C. Fitch, B. Kosovic, S. Lee, P. J. Moriarty, H. Simao, 2013: Meteorology For Coastal/Offshore Wind Energy In The United States: Recommendations And Research Needs For The Next 10 Years. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Early Online Release.
Mirocha, J., G. Kirkil, E. Bou-Zeid, F. Katopodes Chow, B. Kosović, 2013: Transition and Equilibration of Neutral Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flow in One-Way Nested Large-Eddy Simulations Using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model. Monthly Weather Review, 141, 918–940. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00263.1
Bieringer, P. E., S. Hanna, G. Young, B. Kosovic, J. Hannan, R. Ohba, 2013: Methods For Estimating The Atmospheric Radiation Release From The Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant. Bulletin of the American Meteorlogical Society, 94, ES1–ES4. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00090.1
Kirkil, G., J. D. Mirocha, E. Bou-Zeid, F. K. Chow, B. Kosović, 2012: Implementation and Evaluation of Dynamic Subfilter-Scale Stress Models for Large-Eddy Simulation using WRF. Monthly Weather Review, 140, 266–284.
Mirocha, J. D., J. K. Lundquist, and B. Kosović, 2010: Improved large-eddy simulation subfilter turbulence models in the Advanced Research WRF Version 3. Monthly Weather Review,
Mirocha, J. D., B. Kosović, 2010: A large-eddy simulation study of the influence of subsidence on the stably-stratified atmospheric boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 134, 1-21.
Delle Monache, L., J. Lundquist, B. Kosović, G. Johannesson, K. Dyer, R. Aines, F. K. Chow, R. Belles, W. Hanley, S. Larsen, G. Loosmore, J. Nitao, G. Sugiyama, P. Vogt, 2008: Bayesian inference and Markov Chain Monte Carlo to reconstruct a contaminant source at continental scale. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47, 2600-2613
Chow, F.K., B. Kosović, and S. T. Chan, 2008: Source inversion for contaminant plume dispersion in urban environments using building resolving simulations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47, 1553-1572.
Beare, R. J., J. Cuxart, … B. Kosović, et al., 2006: An intercomparison of large-eddy simulations of the stable boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 188, 247-272.
Mirocha, J. D., Kosović, B., and Curry, J. A., 2005: Vertical heat transfer in the lower atmosphere over the Arctic Ocean during clear-sky periods. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 117, 37-71.
Inoue, J., B. Kosović, and J. A. Curry, 2005: Evolution of a storm-driven boundary layer in the Arctic. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 117, 213-230.
Mohseni, K., B. Kosović, S. Shkoller, and J. Marsden, 2003: Numerical simulations of Lagrangian-Averaged Navier-Stokes (LANS-alpha) equations for homogeneous isotropic turbulence. Physics of Fluids, 15 (2), 524-544.
Kosović, B., R. Samtaney, and D. Pullin, 2002: Subgrid-scale modeling for large-eddy simulations of compressible turbulence. Physics of Fluids, 14 (4), 1511-1522.
Samtaney, R., D. Pullin, and B. Kosović, 2001: Direct numerical simulation of compressible turbulence and shocklet statistics. Physics of Fluids, 13 (5), 1415-1430.
Kosović, B., and J. A. Curry, 2000: A Large-Eddy Simulation Study of a Quasi-Steady Stably-Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57, 1052-1068.
McVean, M., C. Bretherton,… B. Kosović, et al., 1999: An intercomparison of radiatively-driven entrainment and turbulence in a smoke cloud, as simulated by different numerical models. Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, 125, 391-423.
Kosović, B., 1997: Subgrid-scale modeling for large-eddy simulations of high-Reynolds-number boundary layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 336, 151-182.]
Wyngaard, J. C., and B. Kosović, 1994: Similarity of Structure-Function Parameters in the Stably Stratified Boundary Layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 71, 277-296.
Dulikravich, G. S., B. Kosović, and S. Lee, 1993: Magnetized Fiber Orientation Control in Solidifying Composites: Numerical Simulation. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 155, 255-262.
Dulikravich, G. S., and B. Kosović, 1992: Minimization of The Number of Cooling Holes in Internally Cooled Turbine Blades. International Journal of Turbo and Jet Engines, 9, 277-283

Education

Degree	School	Program
MS	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	Aero/Astronautical Engineering
PHD	UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER	Aero/Astronautical Engineering
BS	UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA	Mechanical Engineering

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Meteorology
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Specialty:

Boundary Layer
Decision Support
Modeling Across Scales
Modeling: Microscale
Numerical Methods
Turbulence

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