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Brandon Benton's research falls broadly into wind and solar modeling, with a specific focus on renewable resource availability. He uses a combination of conventional physics based simulations and machine learning to generate wind and solar data at spatiotemporal scales needed for energy systems planning. Examples of this data include Sup3rWind/Sup3rCC, generated with the "Super Resolution for Renewable Energy Resource Data" or "Sup3r" framework, and the National Solar Radiation Database.
Research Interests
Earth systems modeling
Downscaling
Weather forecasting
Physics-based machine learning
Education/Academic Qualification
PhD, Physics, Cornell University
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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A Smarter Typical Meteorological Dataset: Advancing Accuracy in Solar Energy Yield Estimation
Habte, A., Sengupta, M., Buster, G., Xie, Y., Yang, J., Benton, B., Maclaurin, G., Keith, J., Edwards, P. & Roberts, B., 2025, 1 p. National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR).Research output: NLR › Poster
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Designing Future Energy Systems with Generative AI
Glaws, A., King, R., Emami, P., Buster, G., Benton, B., Zhang, X., Zamzam, A., Venkataramanan, V. & Macwan, R., 2025, In: Computing in Science and Engineering. 27, 4, p. 8-18 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Scopus Citations -
Estimating the Impacts of Increasing Temperatures and the Efficacy of Climate Adaptation Strategies in Urban Microclimates with Deep Learning: Article No. 102603
Buster, G., Cox, J., Benton, B. & King, R., 2025, In: Urban Climate. 64, 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Improving the National Solar Radiation Data Base using PSM V4
Sengupta, M., Xie, Y., Habte, A., Benton, B., Edwards, P., Yang, J., Foster, M. & Heidinger, A., 2025. 3 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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On the Effectiveness of Neural Operators at Zero-Shot Weather Downscaling: Article No. e21
Sinha, S., Benton, B. & Emami, P., 2025, In: Environmental Data Science. 4, 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
4 Scopus Citations