(Table 2) Foehn characteristics of station in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Foehn winds resulting from topographic modification of airflow in the lee of mountain barriers are frequently experienced in the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs) of Antarctica. Strong foehn winds in the MDVs cause dramatic warming at onset and have significant effects on landscape forming processes; howev...

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Main Authors: Speirs, Johanna C, Steinhoff, Daniel F, McGowan, Hamish A, Bromwich, David H, Monaghan, Andrew J
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2010
Subjects:
Beacon_Valley2
Canada_Gl
Comment
Commonw_Gl
DATE/TIME
Date/time end
Event label
Explorers_Cove2
Howard_Gl
Humidity
relative
minimum
International Polar Year (2007-2008)
IPY
Lake_Bonney
Lake_Fryxell2
Lake_Hoare2
Lake_Vanda2
Lake_Vida
McMurdo Dry Valleys
southern Victorica Land
Antarctica
Station label
Taylor_Gl
Taylor Valley
East Antarctica
Temperature
air
maximum
Unmanned weather station/meteorological observation
UWST
Victoria Valley
Wind direction
Wind speed
gust
Wright Valley
Antarc*
Antarctic
International Polar Year
Marie Byrd Land
Ross Sea
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.837426
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.837426

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