UMERC Faculty Member

Daniel Kirk-Davidoff, Assistant Professor
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
Computer, Mathematics and Physical Sciences

Phone: 301.405.5386
Email: dankd@atmos.umd.edu  |  website

Statement of energy interests and expertise

I am a climate dynamicist with interests in a range of climate modeling problems. My research related to  energy problems is in the simulation of the climate and meteorological impact of large-scale wind turbine installations. Sufficiently large installation can result in temperature perturbations on the order of a degree Celsius, and changes in wind velocity on the order of a meter per second.

We are currently modeling the time evolution of the flow disturbances introduced by a rapid, simultaneous change in turbine blade position.