The effect of a giant wind farm on precipitation in a regional climate model

The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is employed as a nested regional climate model to study the effect of a giant wind farm on warm-season precipitation in the eastern two-thirds of the USA. The boundary conditions to WRF are supplied by 62 years of NCEP/NCAR global reanalysis. In the model, the presence of a mid-west wind farm, either giant or small, can have an enormous impact on the weather and the rainfall amount for one season, consistent with the known sensitivity of long-term weather forecasts to initial conditions. The effect on climate is less. In the average precipitation of 62 warms seasons, there is a statistically-significant 1.0% enhancement of precipitation in a multi-state area surrounding and to the south-east of the wind farm.

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Author Fiedler, B.
Bukovsky, Melissa
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Publication Date 2011-10-21T00:00:00
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Suggested Citation Fiedler, B., Bukovsky, Melissa. (2011). The effect of a giant wind farm on precipitation in a regional climate model. UCAR/NCAR - Library. http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d72r3s57. Accessed 04 December 2024.

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