Analysis 02: OWF Effect on the Ocean - On the Effect of Offshore Wind Farms on the Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics - page 94

Although the wind wakes, based on various amounts of turbines, do not show
strong difference in magnitude, the influence of more grid cells by wind turbines
indicates variations in ocean conditions. In all four cases, the changes occur in the
vertical, with two main vertical cells, and consequently in the temperature field,
illustrated in Fig. 5.28 . The more grid cells are affected by the wind reduction, the
Fig. 5.28 Effect of (a1)-(d1) vertical velocity component w and (a2)-(d2) temperature and (a3)-
(d3) temperature stratification of the OWF run based on 12-turbine (a), 48-turbine (b), 80-turbines,
(c) and 160-turbine (d) OWF along the y -section through the OWF from S to N. Crosses mark the
position of maxima and minima, dashed line illustrates the depth of thermocline, and the limits of
thermocline exclusion is marked by short black solid lines based on T012