Observations and simulations of a wind farm modifying a thunderstorm outflow boundary

Tomaszewski, Jessica M.; Lundquist, Julie K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-1-2021

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-1-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-1-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

Research article

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04 Jan 2021

Research article |

| 04 Jan 2021

Observations and simulations of a wind farm modifying a thunderstorm outflow boundary

Jessica M. Tomaszewski and Julie K. Lundquist

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RC1: 'Return for major revisions', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Jun 2020
RC2: 'minor revision', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jun 2020
AC1: 'Author's final response', Jessica Tomaszewski, 01 Sep 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Jessica Tomaszewski on behalf of the Authors (01 Sep 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Sep 2020) by Andrea Hahmann

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (09 Oct 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (22 Oct 2020) by Andrea Hahmann

AR by Jessica Tomaszewski on behalf of the Authors (25 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (26 Oct 2020) by Andrea Hahmann

ED: Publish as is (26 Oct 2020) by Jakob Mann (Chief editor)

AR by Jessica Tomaszewski on behalf of the Authors (05 Nov 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We use a mesoscale numerical weather prediction model to conduct a case study of a thunderstorm outflow passing over and interacting with a wind farm. These simulations and observations from a nearby radar and surface station confirm that interactions with the wind farm cause the outflow to reduce its speed by over 20 km h⁻¹, with brief but significant impacts on the local meteorology, including temperature, moisture, and winds. Precipitation accumulation across the region was unaffected.