Notes on topographic factors affecting the surface wind in Antarctica, with special reference to katabatic winds

• Main Authors: Mather, K. B. (Keith Benson), Miller, G. S. (Gerald Sherman)
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska 1967
• Subjects: Winds; Antarctica; Antarctic; Sastrugi; Antarc*; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/15384

UAG R-189 The topography of the environs of Antarctic stations plays an important part in determining prevailing surface winds. The stations are variously located near the foot of the plateau slope, on offshore islands, on peninsulas, on extensive rock areas, on ice shelves, at sundry latitudes on t...