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

Jeff Terry terryj at iit.edu
Tue Nov 8 14:36:26 CST 2011 

In case anyone wants to see what I am talking about. 

Here is a link to a picture. 

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-01/wind-turbines-leave-clouds-and-energy-inefficiency-their-wake

Jeff

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On Nov 8, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Jeff Terry <terryj at iit.edu> wrote:

> Wow Chris,
> 
> There must be some fast moving trees in the UK to form contrails off the leaves. 
> 
> Jeff
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Nov 8, 2011, at 2:20 PM, "Busby, Chris" <C.Busby at ulster.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>> That is what trees do and it is a good thing. So when they cut all the trees down, the windmills substitute and the farmers are happy. 
>> But someone once argued that the real problem with windmills is that they make the earth spin more slowly (ballerina effect). Im surprised you dont use that one. 
>> Chris
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu on behalf of Jeff Terry
>> Sent: Mon 07/11/2011 19:04
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>> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Wind Turbine effect on local Meteorology - "RIP"[Reduction Insolance Phenonmenon]
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Nov 7, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Stewart Farber <SAFarber at optonline.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> The info below is not a Satire.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> See:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/04/28/the-wind-turbine-albedo-effect/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I have a modest suggestion for the name of this effect:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "Reduction Insolation Phenomenon"  [ RIP ]
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> FROM WIKIPEDIA:
>>> 
>>> 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. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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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