TY - JOUR
TI - On The Influence Of Large Wind Farms On The Upper Ocean Circulation
AU - Broström, G
T2 - Journal of Marine Systems
AB - Large wind farms exert a significant disturbance on the wind speed in the vicinity of the installation and in this study we outline the oceanic response to the wind wake from a large wind farm placed in the ocean. We find that the size of the wind wake is an important factor for the oceanic response to the wind farm. We show through simple analytical models and idealized numerical experiments that a wind speed of 5–10 m/s may generate upwelling/downwelling velocities exceeding 1 m/day if the characteristic width of the wind wake is of the same size or larger than the internal radius of deformation. The generated upwelling is sufficiently enough that the local ecosystem will most likely be strongly influenced by the presence of a wind farm.
DA - 2008/11//
PY - 2008
VL - 74
IS - 1-2
SP - 585
EP - 591
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924796308001085
DO - 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.05.001
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Changes in Flow
KW - Physical Environment
ER -