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Downslope Flows

Downslope Flows is a type of slope wind characterized by the directed movement of air down a mountain or hillside due to gravitational drainage of cooler, denser air masses from higher elevations.

560

Publications

31.4K

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1.5K

Authors

605

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2017–2026

83

Variants

Katabatic Flow

Parents

Publications

560

The prediction of hillslope flow paths for distributed hydrological modelling using digital terrain models

Paul Quinn, Keith Beven, Pierre Chevallier et al. · Hydrological Processes · 1991 · 1.5K citations

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Evidence for nonlinear, diffusive sediment transport on hillslopes and implications for landscape morphology

Joshua J. Roering, James W. Kirchner, W. E. Dietrich · Water Resources Research · 1999 · 727 citations · Full text

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The sequence of events around the epicentre of the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: initiation of debris flows and turbidity current inferred from sidescan sonar

David J. W. Piper, P. Cochonat, Martin L. Morrison · Sedimentology · 1999 · 488 citations

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The role of subaqueous debris flow in generating turbidity currents

Monty A. Hampton · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 1972 · 486 citations

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Present-Day Impact Cratering Rate and Contemporary Gully Activity on Mars

M. C. Malin, K. S. Edgett, L. Posiolova et al. · Science · 2006 · 474 citations

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Authors

1.5K

  1. YC
    Yi‐Leng Chen

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    8 publications · 171 citations

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  2. CD
    C. David Whiteman

    University of Utah, United States

    8 publications · 279 citations

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  3. PG
    Peter G. Baines

    CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Australia

    7 publications · 479 citations

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  4. RB
    Ronald B. Smith

    Yale University, United States

    7 publications · 884 citations

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  5. WR
    W. R. Peltier

    University of Toronto, Canada

    7 publications · 363 citations

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Institutions

605

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    35 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    13 h-index

    25 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    13 h-index

    25 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    12 h-index

    13 publications

    643 citations

  5. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    12 h-index

    22 publications

    2.1K citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    12 h-index

    19 publications

    1K citations

  7. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    13 publications

    2K citations

  8. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    996 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 41 publications · 2.7K citations

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  2. Monthly Weather Review

    39 publications · 1.6K citations

    24

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  3. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    33 publications · 2.5K citations

    24

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    23 publications · 1.3K citations

    19

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  5. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    21 publications · 1.3K citations

    18

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