A case study of effects of atmospheric boundary layer turbulence, wind speed, and stability on wind farm induced temperature changes using observations from a field campaign

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  • Geng Xia
  • Jeffrey M. Freedman
  • Somnath Baidya Roy
  • Ronald A. Harris
  • Matthew Charles Cervarich
چکیده

determining those in the magnitude of LST changes over the wind farms. In addition, atmospheric stability determines the sign and strength of the net downward heat transport as well as the magnitude of the background TKE. The study highlights the need for better understanding of atmospheric boundary layer and wind farm interactions, and for better parameterizations of sub-grid scale turbulent mixing in numerical weather prediction and climate models.

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تاریخ انتشار 2015