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Multi-scale simulations of wind farm impacts on nighttime near-surface temperature in complex terrain
Paul Boumendil
IFP Energies Nouvelles, 1–4 Avenue du Bois Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison, France
Météo France, CNRM, 42 Avenue Gaspard Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse, France
Pierre-Antoine Joulin
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
IFP Energies Nouvelles, 1–4 Avenue du Bois Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison, France
Quentin Rodier
Météo France, CNRM, 42 Avenue Gaspard Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse, France
Valéry Masson
Météo France, CNRM, 42 Avenue Gaspard Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse, France
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Wind turbines can modify atmospheric conditions over wind farms. This study uses multi-scale, coupled atmosphere–soil–vegetation–wind turbine simulations to investigate how a wind farm interacts with a spring frost event in a vineyard area with complex terrain. Such a numerical approach provides new insights into turbine–atmosphere interactions and shows that turbine operation induces vertical mixing that disrupts near-surface atmospheric layers, leading to local warming of up to 2 °C.
Wind turbines can modify atmospheric conditions over wind farms. This study uses multi-scale,...
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