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The main meteorological effect due to the Gösgen cooling tower is, in fact, the reduction of sunshine duration in the near vicinity (1–2 km) of the power station. A network of five cinecameras provides precise measurements on duration of shadowing, observed over a 2-year period. With the assistance of a video system and graphic computer, about 100,000 pictures have been treated one after the other. The resulting statistics, calculated on 23 points in the vicinity of the power station, give the detailed distribution of sunshine reduction due to the plume.
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Schneiter, D.A. (1987). Meteorological Impacts of the Cooling Tower of the Goesgen Nuclear Power Plant. In: Beniston, M., Pielke, R.A. (eds) Interactions between Energy Transformations and Atmospheric Phenomena. A Survey of Recent Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1911-7_1
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