Abstract: Nocturnal flows down the narrow Andean valleys within the western slope of the subtropical Andes (central Chile) are episodically enhanced by easterly downslope winds that flow into the Santiago basin over the radiatively ...

Abstract: iological productivity in the ocean along the Chilean coast is tied to upwelling that is primarily forced by equatorward wind stress and wind stress curl on the ocean surface. Southerly alongshore flow is driven by the ...

Abstract: The typical conditions of the eastern boundary of the subtropical anticyclone [e.g., well-defined marine boundary layer (MBL), equatorward low-level flow] that prevail along the mountainous west coast of subtropical South ...

Abstract: nnual precipitation in subtropical, semiarid north-central Chile (30°S) during rainy years comprises a few (3?5) strong events in the fall and winter, which are presumably modulated by the Madden?Julian oscillation (MJO). ...

Abstract: trong southerly, terrain parallel winds often occur along the coast of north-central Chile (25°?35°S) embedded in the marine atmospheric boundary layer and the lower part of the capping temperature inversion. Their offshore ...

Abstract: A basic climatological description of 29 years of surface and upper-air observations at a coastal site (23.4°S, 70.4°W) in northern Chile is presented. The site is considered to be generally representative of the eastern ...

Abstract: he terral de Vicuña is a warm and dry wind that flows down the Elqui Valley in north-central Chile typically at dawn and early morning. Given that most terral episodes occur in austral winter when chill accumulation by ...

Abstract: o better forecast streamflow and water resource availability, it is important to have an understanding of the meteorological drivers of the orographic precipitation gradient (OPG), especially critical in semiarid mountainous ...