ThisstudyinvestigatedtheflowcharacteristicsalteredbyJangBogoAntarcticResearchStationusingcomputationalfluiddynamics(CFD)modeling.ThetopographyandbuildingsaroundJangBogoStationwereconstructedwithcomputeraided-designdataintheCFDmodeldomain.Wesimulated16caseswithdifferentinflowdirections,andcomparedtheflowcharacteristicswithandwithoutJangBogoStationforeachinflowdirection.Thewinddatarecordedbythesite’sautomaticweatherstation(AWS)wereusedforcomparison.WindroseanalysisshowedthatthewindspeedanddirectionaftertheconstructionofJangBogoStationwerequitedifferentfromthosebeforeconstruction.Wealsoinvestigatedhowvirtualwindfenceswouldmodifytheflowpatterns,changingthedistanceofthefencefromthestationaswellastheporosityofthefence.Forwesterlyinflows,whentheAWSwasdownwindofJangBogoStation,thedecreaseinwindspeedwasmaximized(-81%forwest-northwesterly).ThewindspeedreductionwasalsogreaterasthedistanceofthefencewasclosertoJangBogoStation.Withthesamedistance,thefencewithmediumporosity(25%–33%)maximizedthewindspeedreduction.Theseresultssuggestthatthelocationandmaterialofthewindfenceshouldbeselectedcarefully,orAWSdatashouldbeinterpretedcautiously,forparticularprevailingwinddirections.
