Operational wind plants increase planetary boundary layer height: an observational study

Aliza Abraham, matteo-puccioni, Dr. Arianna Jordan, Emina Maric, Nicola Bodini, Nicholas Hamilton, Stefano Letizia, Dr. Petra Klein, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, sonia-wharton, Jonathan Gero, Jamey D. Jacob, Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Rob K. Newsom, Mikhail Pekour, William Radünz, Patrick Moriarty
January 2025
DOI
Type
Journal article
Publication
Wind Energy Science, 10(8), 1681–1705
Dr. Arianna Jordan
Dr. Arianna Jordan
Ph.D. Graduate

I obtained my bachelor’s degree in meteorology from San Jose State University in San Jose, CA. Students in the program were well-informed about research opportunities, which ultimately led me to interning at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during 2016 and 2017. In 2018, I received my master’s in atmospheric sciences from Howard University in Washington, D.C., during which time I was able to intern at the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) in Norman, OK. Currently, I reside in that very location as a Ph.D. student at the University of Oklahoma where I research the influence of wind farms on boundary layer processes.

Dr. Petra Klein
Dr. Petra Klein
Professor, Executive Associate Dean
Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith
Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith
Research Meteorologist

Elizabeth joined NSSL as a research meteorologist in January 2020, where she focuses on boundary-layer processes relevant to near- and pre-storm environments and convection initiation.