Dynamic Aspects of Katabatic Wind Evolution in the Antarctic Coastal Zone

The spatial evolution of katabatic winds along idealized slopes representative of Antarctic terrain is examined using a hydrostatic, two-dimensional primitive equation model with high resolution. A downslope momentum-forces analysis is made of simulations in which katabatic flow reaches steady state...

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Published in:Boundary-Layer Meteorology
Main Authors: Gallee, H., Schayes, Guy
Other Authors: UCL
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Kluwer Academic Publ 1992
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/50428
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120691
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spelling ftunistlouisbrus:oai:dial.uclouvain.be:boreal:50428 2024-05-12T07:56:09+00:00 Dynamic Aspects of Katabatic Wind Evolution in the Antarctic Coastal Zone Gallee, H. Schayes, Guy UCL 1992 http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/50428 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120691 eng eng Kluwer Academic Publ boreal:50428 http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/50428 doi:10.1007/BF00120691 urn:ISSN:0006-8314 urn:EISSN:1573-1472 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Boundary-Layer Meteorology : an international journal of physical and biological processes in the atmospheric boundary layer, Vol. 59, no. 1-2, p. 141-161 (1992) info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1992 ftunistlouisbrus https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120691 2024-04-18T18:12:43Z The spatial evolution of katabatic winds along idealized slopes representative of Antarctic terrain is examined using a hydrostatic, two-dimensional primitive equation model with high resolution. A downslope momentum-forces analysis is made of simulations in which katabatic flow reaches steady state, with emphasis on physical mechanisms in the coastal zone. The importance of the reversal of the pressure gradient force in the coastal zone, causing the sudden decay of katabatic winds, is discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic DIAL@USL-B (Université Saint-Louis, Bruxelles) Antarctic The Antarctic Boundary-Layer Meteorology 59 1-2 141 161
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description The spatial evolution of katabatic winds along idealized slopes representative of Antarctic terrain is examined using a hydrostatic, two-dimensional primitive equation model with high resolution. A downslope momentum-forces analysis is made of simulations in which katabatic flow reaches steady state, with emphasis on physical mechanisms in the coastal zone. The importance of the reversal of the pressure gradient force in the coastal zone, causing the sudden decay of katabatic winds, is discussed.
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title Dynamic Aspects of Katabatic Wind Evolution in the Antarctic Coastal Zone
title_short Dynamic Aspects of Katabatic Wind Evolution in the Antarctic Coastal Zone
title_full Dynamic Aspects of Katabatic Wind Evolution in the Antarctic Coastal Zone
title_fullStr Dynamic Aspects of Katabatic Wind Evolution in the Antarctic Coastal Zone
title_full_unstemmed Dynamic Aspects of Katabatic Wind Evolution in the Antarctic Coastal Zone
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