[ RadSafe ] Wind Turbine effect on local Meteorology - "RIP" [Reduction Insolance Phenonmenon]

[Jeff Terry]

I have driven down Interstate 65 in Indiana through the contrails from the windmills. It can be the only point in the state where it is "raining."

Jeff

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On Nov 7, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Stewart Farber <SAFarber at optonline.net> wrote:

> The info below is not a Satire.
> 
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> A fascinating photo is seen below, showing that when air has a relative
> humidity close to the dewpoint, it will be cooled by large commercial wind
> turbines as energy is abstracted from the air sweeping the blades to below
> the dewpoint, which results in:
> 
> Cloud formation [and  reduced ground level temperatures, and reduced solar
> insolation]  many miles downstream of the wind turbines. 
> 
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> 
> See:
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> http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/04/28/the-wind-turbine-albedo-effect/
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> 
> I have a modest suggestion for the name of this effect:
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> "Reduction Insolation Phenomenon"  [ RIP ]
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> 
> As a humorous thought, if there are people downwind of a wind turbine farm,
> and they have solar panels, the cloud cover created by the energy abstracted
> from the wind in producing wind generated electricity,  will reduce solar
> insolation due to INCREASED  Albedo. This will DECREASE solar panel
> generated electricity since less sunlight will be incident on their solar
> panels -on average.  In the right conditions, there would also be some
> increased snow formation downwind of a large wind turbine as air is cooled
> below the dewpoint to the point snow, or freezing rain, can form. 
> 
> 
> 
> This occurrence is but another example of the  "Law of Unintended
> Consequences". See the Wiki review comment below about the somewhat
> analogous effect of artificial clouds created by contrails from jet traffic
> or the obscuring of insolation by smoke from burning oil wells in Kuwait,
> that dropped the ground level temp under the obscuring clouds of smoke by as
> much as 10 degrees C!! The clouds formed by wind turbines near groud level
> will have much less effect than a cloud formed a higher altitudes, but there
> will be local albedo and solar insolation effects from wind turbines under
> certain conditions,  reducing sunlight at ground level. Cool in so many
> ways!
> 
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> 
> FROM WIKIPEDIA:
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> Cloud albedo <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_albedo>  has substantial
> influence over atmospheric temperatures. Different types of clouds exhibit
> different reflectivity, theoretically ranging in albedo from a minimum of
> near 0 to a maximum approaching 0.8. "On any given day, about half of Earth
> is covered by clouds, which reflect more sunlight than land and water.
> Clouds keep Earth cool by reflecting sunlight, but they can also serve as
> blankets to trap warmth."
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo#cite_note-livescience-23> [24]
> 
> Albedo and climate in some areas are affected by artificial clouds, such as
> those created by the contrails <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrail>  of
> heavy commercial airliner traffic.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo#cite_note-uww-24> [25] A study
> following the burning of the Kuwaiti oil fields during Iraqi occupation
> showed that temperatures under the burning oil fires were as much as 10oC
> colder than temperatures several miles away under clear skies.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo#cite_note-harvard-25> [26]
> 
> 25.  ^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo#cite_ref-uww_24-0>
> http://facstaff.uww.edu/travisd/pdf/jetcontrailsrecentresearch.pdf
> 
> 26. ^ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo#cite_ref-harvard_25-0>
> <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992JGR....9714565C> "The Kuwait oil fires as
> seen by Landsat".  Adsabs.harvard.edu. 1991-05-30.
> http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992JGR....9714565C. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
> 
> ===========================
> 
> So I might encourage other people to waste their time, I welcome any
> suggestions for an Acronym for this phenomenon of increased cloud formation,
> decreased temperatures, and lowered solar insolation downwind of wind
> turbine farms. 
> 
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> 
> The "winner" [ or perhaps "loser" depending on your point of view, or anyone
> that wants it for some unknown reason]  will receive a pdf copy of my 1982,
> but still timely, LOBA [Loss of Blade Accident] Satire and the hilarious
> Letters-to-the-Editor responses from people who didn't understand a Satire
> when they read it. 
> 
> 
> 
> Stewart Farber, MSPH
> 
> Farber Medical Solutions, LLC
> 
> Bridgeport, CT 06606
> 
> email: SAFarber at optonline.net
> 
> 203-441-8433
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