Impacts of wind farms on land surface temperature

Liming Zhou (), Yuhong Tian, Somnath Baidya Roy, Chris Thorncroft, Lance F. Bosart and Yuanlong Hu
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Liming Zhou: University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Avenue
Yuhong Tian: I.M. Systems Group, Inc. at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service/The Center for Satellite Applications and Research, 5200 Auth Road, Camp Springs
Somnath Baidya Roy: University of Illinois
Chris Thorncroft: University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Avenue
Lance F. Bosart: University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Avenue
Yuanlong Hu: Terra-Gen Power LLC, 11512 El Camino Real

Nature Climate Change, 2012, vol. 2, issue 7, 539-543

Abstract: There is increasing interest in the possible impacts of wind farms on regional weather and climate. Focusing on three large wind farms located in Texas, USA, this study finds evidence for a significant warming trend at night-time and also a small warming effect at daytime over wind farms.

Date: 2012
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