Downslope föhn winds over the antarctic peninsula and their effect on the larsen ice shelves

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 9481-9509

  Grosvenor, D P ^a,c   King, J C ^b   Choularton, T W ^a   Lachlan Cope, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BUDGET; FOEHN; GRAVITY WAVE; JET FLOW; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAIN; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE FLUX; WAVE BREAKING; WESTERLY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84907190395     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-9481-2014     Document Type: Article

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