Profiles of katabatic flow in summer and winter over Coats Land, Antarctica

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 616, 2006, Pages 779-802

  Renfrew, Ian A ^a,b   Anderson, Philip S ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler sodar; Hydraulic jump; Katabatic winds; Low level jet

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC JUMP; JETS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SPEED; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES; WIND;

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION OBSERVATIONS; AUTONOMOUS DOPPLER SODAR WIND PROFILING SYSTEM; KATABATIC FLOW; KATABATIC JET; KATABATIC WINDS; LOW-LEVEL JET; WIND PROFILES;

METEOROLOGY;

DOPPLER SODAR; KATABATIC FLOW; SUMMER; WEATHER STATION; WIND PROFILE; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA; COATS LAND; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33745056247     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.148     Document Type: Article

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