Observed onshore precipitation changes after the installation of offshore wind farms #GBR

Abstract: The goal of this study is to assess the extent to which offshore wind farms can inadvertently affect precipitation at nearby onshore locations. As the winds slow down over an offshore wind farm due to the extraction of kinetic energy from the air flow by the turbines, a pattern of convergence upstream and divergence downstream of the farm is formed, which respectively may enhance precipitation offshore and reduce precipitation near the shore. To verify this hypothesis, we used observed . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/observed-onshore-precipitation-changes-after-the-installation-of-offshore-wind-farms/