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RISStrong Cross-Barrier Flow under Stable Conditions Producing Intense Winter Orographic Precipitation: A Case Study over the Subtropical Central Andes
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The most intense orographic precipitation event over the subtropical central Andes (36°?30°S) during winter 2005 was examined using observational data and a regional model simulation. The Eta-Programa Regional de Meteorología ...
Influence of the Subtropical Andes on Baroclinic Disturbances: A Cold Front Case Study
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Andes Cordillera produces a significant disruption to the structure and evolution of the weather systems that cross South America. In particular, cold fronts tend to be ?channeled? to the north immediately to the east ...
Analysis of Three Situations of the Foehn Effect over the Andes (Zonda Wind) Using the Eta–CPTEC Regional Model
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The zonda is a warm and extremely dry wind that occurs east of the Andes Cordillera in the extratropical latitudes of South America. Its orographic origin is similar to the foehn that blows in Germany and Austria and the ...