Nonlocal Inadvertent Weather Modification Associated with Wind Farms in the Central United States

Table 6

Difference between the wind farm ensemble and stratospheric temperature perturbation ensemble in the average coefficient of determination (r²), average value, and the ratio of significant cases for perturbations to tropical cyclones.

Metric	Average r^2	Average value (ratio of significance)
Minimum mean sea-level pressure	−0.0170	+0.0545 (0/4)
Maximum 10 m wind speed	+0.0701	−0.1867 (0/4)
Maximum 30-minute accumulated precipitation	−0.0731	+0.1809 (−1/4)
Maximum 2 m temperature	+0.0539	−0.1004 (0/4)
Minimum 2 m temperature	+0.0715	−0.1750 (0/4)
Maximum 2 m potential temperature	+0.0199	−0.1099 (0/4)
Minimum 2 m potential temperature	+0.017	−0.0044 (0/4)
Maximum boundary layer height	−0.1276	+0.0057 (−1/4)
Maximum 2 m water vapor mixing ratio	+0.0696	−0.0963 (+1/4)