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Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-1-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-6-1-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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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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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.
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