Abstract: Previous investigations of dynamic channeling of airflow in mountain valleys have been limited to straight valleys, where a constant along-valley component of the synoptic pressure gradient can be assumed. In nature, ...

Abstract: A comparison is made of seven Antarctic sea ice data sets developed since 1980, on the basis of techniques of analysis and inferred temporal variations. Navy-NOAA Joint Ice Center sea ice charts are the basic data for all ...

Abstract: A combined observational and climatological study of orographically influenced cold fronts over New Zealand, known locally as ?southerly changes,? is presented. Four southerly changes that occurred along the east coast of ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the magnitude and causes of spatial variability of surface radiative fluxes in a complex alpine landscape in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Radiative flux components are simulated for the Tekapo ...

Abstract: A feild study of ?southerly? changes on the east coast of New Zealand will be conducted in January 1988. Previous related work is reviewed. The experiment may reveal similarities with east coast southerly busters in Australia ...

Abstract: A research program on atmospheric boundary layer processes and local wind regimes in complex terrain was conducted in the vicinity of Lake Tekapo in the southern Alps of New Zealand, during two 1-month field campaigns in ...

Abstract: The Southern Alps Experiment is being mounted to study the influence of New Zealand's Southern Alps on local weather and climate. This paper describes these alpine influences and outlines proposed field and modeling ...