[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Would it be possible for large offshore wind energy parks to affect > climate? Intuitively, if there is a "wall" of turbines to the west of > Europe, that might reduce precipitation and evaporation and make the > climate more continental. > Any quick back of the envelope calculations to show what the size of > the effect might be? >
These sort of things have certainly been looked at. Here's a recent abstract that looks relevant: http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU2007/04881/EGU2007-J-04881.pdf James --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
