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Shallow Katabatic Flow in a Complex Valley: An Observational Case Study Leveraging Uncrewed Aircraft Systems
Multiple fixed-wing and multirotor uncrewed aircraft systems were deployed to measure the early morning katabatic flow along a valley as part of the...
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Katabatic Flow Structures Indicative of the Flux Dissimilarity for Stable Stratification
Based on observations over an alpine glacier, we investigate the turbulent flux dissimilarity between momentum and sensible heat transfer in a stably...
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Eddy Scale-wise Topology Underlying Turbulence Anisotropy Illuminates the Dissimilar Transport of Momentum, Heat, and Moisture in a Stably Stratified Katabatic Flow
The backdrop for this study is a knowledge gap about how turbulence anisotropy relates to the dissimilar transport of momentum and scalars. We use...
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Combining Weather Station Data and Short-Term LiDAR Deployment to Estimate Wind Energy Potential with Machine Learning: A Case Study from the Swiss Alps
Wind energy potential in complex terrain is still poorly understood and difficult to quantify. With Switzerland’s current efforts to shift to...
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Local cooling and drying induced by Himalayan glaciers under global warming
Understanding the response of Himalayan glaciers to global warming is vital because of their role as a water source for the Asian subcontinent....
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Influence of Local Wind Respect to the PM2.5 Dispersion in Bandung Basin
The PM2.5 dispersion simulation using WRFChem has been conducted. WRFChem is a numerical model that consists of the weather model coupled with...
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Local Katabatic Winds of the Russian Federation and Their Observation Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery
AbstractData from synthetic aperture radars (SAR) provide new opportunities for observing and studying local katabatic winds (bora and foehn) over...
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The Effect of Orography on Bora Wind Turbulence
Turbulence statistics are analysed for Bora episodes that occurred simultaneously in the town of Senj and at the Vratnik pass at the northern...
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Microclimatology
Microclimatology investigates mean states and permanent repeated phenomena on the micrometeorological scale. These are small-scale circulation...
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The Arctic Fjord Breeze: Characteristics of a Combined Sea Breeze and Valley Wind in a Svalbard Fjord Valley
Thermally-driven circulations are a frequent meteorological phenomenon in complex Arctic terrain, but the Arctic fjord breeze, a combined sea-breeze...
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Impacts of strong wind events on sea ice and water mass properties in Antarctic coastal polynyas
Strong offshore wind events (SOWEs) occur frequently near the Antarctic coast during austral winter. These wind events are typically associated with...
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Buoyancy Effects in the Turbulence Kinetic Energy Budget and Reynolds Stress Budget for a Katabatic Jet over a Steep Alpine Slope
Katabatic winds are very frequent but poorly understood or simulated over steep slopes. This study focuses on a katabatic jet above a steep alpine...
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Representation of sea ice regimes in the Western Ross Sea, Antarctica, based on satellite imagery and AMPS wind data
Sea ice drift data at high spatial resolution and surface wind model output are used to explore atmosphere-sea ice interactions in the Western Ross...
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Local Wind Regime Induced by Giant Linear Dunes: Comparison of ERA5-Land Reanalysis with Surface Measurements
Emergence and growth of sand dunes results from the dynamic interaction between topography, wind flow and sediment transport. While feedbacks between...
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Analysis of the spatial variability of temperature with the aim of improving the location of wind machines
Spring frosts after budburst are responsible for crop losses and threaten local economies. As global warming brings forward the phenological stages...
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Evaluation of trends and analysis of air temperature and wind on the Antarctic Peninsula using extreme value theory
The west side of the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) has shown great variability since the middle of the last century characterized by warming mainly...
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Small-Scale Spatial Variation of the Nocturnal Wind Field
This study examines the spatial variability of the nocturnal wind field using eight networks of surface observations ranging in horizontal width from...
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On Kinematic Isolation in Stable Stratification: The CASES-99 Tower Observations
Tower observations made during the Cooperative Atmosphere–Surface Exchange Study 1999 investigation of the nocturnal planetary boundary layer support...
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WRF wind forecast over coastal complex terrain: Baja California Peninsula (Mexico) case study
Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) near surface wind forecast sensitivity to planetary boundary layer (PBL) scheme over complex terrain of Baja...
