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The Jaisalmer Wind Park in Rajasthan was chosen for
the downwind LST investigation using LANDSAT. On
analysis through ENVI 4.7 the land surface temperatures
in the downwind direction of the wind park were found to
be between 3.26° C lower than the surrounding area at
5:32 hrs GMT for 20th April, 2003. This was observed
21.77 km downwind. The result provides further evidence
of the cooling effect of wind farms in the downwind
direction during the day. On comparison of the obtained
results with the studies on the San Gorgonio wind farm
[17], it is observed that Jaisalmer Wind Park produces a
larger LST variation. This may be due to the larger
turbines (350 kW- 2.25MW) and higher wind turbine
density in Jaisalmer Wind Park.
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