Sentences with phrase «surface katabatic wind»
The surface katabatic wind regime, directed equatorwards and down the Antarctic coastal escarpment, closes the lower branch of the circulation (Parish and Bromwich 2007).
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But there are places where persistent katabatic winds flowing downwards from mountains rake the surface so fiercely that the snow is lifted away from the continent altogether.
Over the coastal escarpment, the regression coefficients of temperature anomalies with the SAM are an indication that the SAM is tied with the surface energy balance and modulation of the thermally direct circulation as described by Parish and Bromwich (2007); the katabatic winds mix sensible heat towards the surface to balance longwave cooling (van den Broeke et al. 2006).