Mesoscale influences of wind farms throughout a diurnal cycle

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2173-2198

  Fitch, Anna C ^a   Lundquist, Julie K ^b   Olson, Joseph B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT MIXING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; WIND FARM; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84880716408     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00185.1     Document Type: Article

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