diff --git a/windIO/examples/plant/plant_energy_resource/DirectionalShearResource.yaml b/windIO/examples/plant/plant_energy_resource/DirectionalShearResource.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31e1ebf7
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+++ b/windIO/examples/plant/plant_energy_resource/DirectionalShearResource.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+name: Directional Shear Energy Resource
+wind_resource:
+  shear:
+    alpha:
+      data:
+      - 0.12
+      - 0.14
+      - 0.16
+      - 0.18
+      - 0.20
+      - 0.22
+      - 0.20
+      - 0.18
+      - 0.16
+      - 0.14
+      - 0.12
+      - 0.10
+      dims:
+      - wind_direction
+    h_ref: 100.0
+  sector_probability:
+    data:
+    - 0.03597152
+    - 0.03948682
+    - 0.051673949999999996
+    - 0.07000154
+    - 0.08364547
+    - 0.0643485
+    - 0.08643194
+    - 0.1177051
+    - 0.1515757
+    - 0.14737920000000002
+    - 0.1001205
+    - 0.051659750000000004
+    dims:
+    - wind_direction
+  weibull_a:
+    data:
+    - 9.176929
+    - 9.782334
+    - 9.531809
+    - 9.909545
+    - 10.04269
+    - 9.593921
+    - 9.584007
+    - 10.51499
+    - 11.39895
+    - 11.68746
+    - 11.63732
+    - 10.08803
+    dims:
+    - wind_direction
+  weibull_k:
+    data:
+    - 2.392578
+    - 2.447266
+    - 2.412109
+    - 2.591797
+    - 2.755859
+    - 2.595703
+    - 2.583984
+    - 2.548828
+    - 2.470703
+    - 2.607422
+    - 2.626953
+    - 2.326172
+    dims:
+    - wind_direction
+  wind_direction:
+  - 0.0
+  - 30.0
+  - 60.0
+  - 90.0
+  - 120.0
+  - 150.0
+  - 180.0
+  - 210.0
+  - 240.0
+  - 270.0
+  - 300.0
+  - 330.0
diff --git a/windIO/schemas/plant/energy_resource.yaml b/windIO/schemas/plant/energy_resource.yaml
index 361a1423..6fdadd20 100644
--- a/windIO/schemas/plant/energy_resource.yaml
+++ b/windIO/schemas/plant/energy_resource.yaml
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ properties:
             properties:
                 alpha:
                     title: Alpha
-                    type: number
+                    description: Shear exponent; scalar or dependent on wind_direction
+                    oneOf:
+                      - type: number
+                      - $ref: "./common.yaml#/definitions/multi_dimensional_data"
                 h_ref:
                     title: Shear ref height
                     type: number