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contributor authorFitzjarrald, David R.
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:00:57Z
date available2017-06-09T14:00:57Z
date copyright1986/02/01
date issued1986
identifier issn0733-3021
identifier otherams-10950.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4146124
description abstractDetailed boundary-layer measurements are presented to show how slope winds affect the regional climate in central Veracruz state, Mexico. Observations include the growth of an anabatic convective boundary layer in summer, production of katabatic storm outflows moving contrary to prevailing easterlies, and detailed sequences of the wind and temperature in katabatic wind. The onset time for downslope motion is just before dawn after a clear night in summer, although observed within three hours of clear-sky conditions in winter. The delay in onset is most likely due to opposing upslope flow in summer. The vertical structure of the katabatic wind resembles that of entraining gravity flows. We make a distinction between an inner katabatic layer, near the level of wind maximum, in which the buoyancy force is large, and an entraining outer layer above, that is primarily forced by the inner layer.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleSlope Winds in Veracruz
typeJournal Paper
journal volume25
journal issue2
journal titleJournal of Climate and Applied Meteorology
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0450(1986)025<0133:SWIV>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage133
journal lastpage144
treeJournal of Climate and Applied Meteorology:;1986:;Volume( 025 ):;Issue: 002
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