Fig.1

Position (a) and nearby terrain (b) of the Muhe wind tower in the Three Gorges Reservoir area"

Table 1

Integrity rate of the data observed by the Muhe wind tower in the Three Gorges Reservoir area from 2010 to 2020"

Fig.2

The annual (a) and seasonal (b) variations of wind speed at different heights observed by the Muhe wind tower in the Three Gorges Reservoir area from 2010 to 2018"

Table 2

Monthly and annual mean wind speeds at different heights observed by the Muhe wind tower in the Three Gorges Reservoir area from 2010 to 2018  m·s-1"

Fig.3

Diurnal variations of mean wind velocity observed by the Muhe wind tower in the Three Gorges Reservoir area in winter (a), spring (b), summer (c), and autumn (d) from 2010 to 2018"

Fig.4

The rose maps of annual mean wind direction at 10 m height observed by the Fuling (a) and Fengdu (b) meteorological stations and the Muhe wind tower (c) from 2010 to 2018"

Fig.5

Vertical changes of wind velocity observed by the Muhe wind tower in the Three Gorges Reservoir area under different weather conditions from 2010 to 2018"

Fig.6

Vertical changes of wind velocity observed by the Muhe wind tower in the Three Gorges Reservoir area under different temperatures without (a) and with (b) precipitations from 2010 to 2018"

Fig.7

Frequencies of occurrence of temperature inversion in different months (a) and vertical change of wind velocity under the condition of temperature inversion (b) at the Muhe wind tower in the Three Gorges Reservoir area from 2010 to 2018"

Fig.8

Diurnal variations of wind direction frequencies and mean wind velocities at 10 m (a), 30 m (b), 50 m (c), 70 m (d), and 100 m (d) heights at the Muhe wind tower in the Three Gorges Reservoir area from 2010 to 2018"

Fig.9

Diurnal variation of upstream water level in the Three Gorges Reservoir area in 2012"

Fig.10

Vertical changes of wind velocity at the Muhe wind tower in the Three Gorges Reservoir area under the high (a) and low (b) water levels for almost the same weather condition"