Analysis 02: OWF Effect on the Ocean - On the Effect of Offshore Wind Farms on the Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics - page 91

Fig. 5.26 Temperature profiles along the (a1)-(c1) W-E and (a2-c2) S-N sections through the
OWF based on different wind speed forcing of (a1)-(a2) 5 m/s (UG5), (b1)-(b2) 8 m/s (UG8), and
(c1)-(c2) 16 m/s (UG16). Excursion of the thermocline around the OWF based on UG08 is marked
by solid black horizontal lines . Excursion increases with stronger wind speed. Additional, ther-
mocline is shifted to deeper layers

Overall, an increase in wind speed leads to an intensification of the OWF effect
and accelerates the ocean s reaction to the wind wake in order of tenths and

hundredths. If we consider that shown results after 1 day of simulation are based
on runs forced by a constant wind field, we can assume that slight changes over a
day in the wind field will not strongly affect the ocean

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s reaction on the wind wake

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