Climate Impacts of Large-Scale Wind Farms as Parameterized in a Global Climate Model

@article{Fitch2015ClimateIO,
  title={Climate Impacts of Large-Scale Wind Farms as Parameterized in a Global Climate Model},
  author={A. C. Fitch},
  journal={Journal of Climate},
  year={2015},
  volume={28},
  pages={6160-6180}
}
  • A. C. Fitch
  • Published 1 April 2015
  • Environmental Science
  • Journal of Climate
The local, regional, and global climate impacts of a large-scale global deployment of wind power in regionally high densities over land are investigated for a 60-yr period. Wind farms are represented as elevated momentum sinks as well as enhanced turbulence to represent turbine blade mixing in the Community Atmosphere Model, version 5 (CAM5), a global climate model. For a total installed capacity of 2.5TW, to provide 16% of the world’s projected electricity demand in 2050, minimal impacts are… 
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