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

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 7-8, 2016, Pages 2179-2196

  Xia, Geng ^a   Zhou, Liming ^a   Freedman, Jeffrey M ^a   Roy, Somnath Baidya ^b   Harris, Ronald A ^a   Cervarich, Matthew Charles ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Land surface temperature; Turbulence kinetic energy; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; KINETIC ENERGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT MIXING; WARMING; WIND FARM; WIND VELOCITY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930915324     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2696-9     Document Type: Article

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