Ground-level climate at a peatland wind farm in Scotland is affected by wind turbine operation

被引:54
作者
Armstrong, Alona [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Burton, Ralph R. [4 ]
Lee, Susan E. [4 ,6 ]
Mobbs, Stephen [4 ]
Ostle, Nicholas [2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
Smith, Victoria [4 ]
Waldron, Susan [1 ]
Whitaker, Jeanette [5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Glasgow, Sch Geog & Earth Sci, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
[2] Univ Lancaster, Lancaster Environm Ctr, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, England
[3] Univ Lancaster, Energy Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, England
[4] Univ Leeds, Sch Earth & Environm, Natl Ctr Atmospher Sci, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England
[5] Lancaster Environm Ctr, Ctr Ecol & Hydrol, Lib Ave, Bailrigg LA1 4AP, England
[6] Univ Birmingham, Sch Civil Engn, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England
基金
英国自然环境研究理事会;
关键词
wind energy; carbon cycling; microclimate; atmospheric boundary layer; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY-LAYER; ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; IMPACTS; MICROCLIMATE; VEGETATION; WILDLIFE; FLUXES;
D O I
10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/044024
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The global drive to produce low-carbon energy has resulted in an unprecedented deployment of onshore wind turbines, representing a significant land use change for wind energy generation with uncertain consequences for local climatic conditions and the regulation of ecosystem processes. Here, we present high-resolution data from a wind farm collected during operational and idle periods that shows the wind farm affected several measures of ground-level climate. Specifically, we discovered that operational wind turbines raised air temperature by 0.18 degrees C and absolute humidity (AH) by 0.03 gm(-3) during the night, and increased the variability in air, surface and soil temperature throughout the diurnal cycle. Further, the microclimatic influence of turbines on air temperature and AH decreased logarithmically with distance from the nearest turbine. These effects on ground-level microclimate, including soil temperature, have uncertain implications for biogeochemical processes and ecosystem carbon cycling, including soil carbon stocks. Consequently, understanding needs to be improved to determine the overall carbon balance of wind energy.
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