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Katabatic Winds

Katabatic Winds is a downslope wind that results from the cooling and densification of air near a mountain or elevated surface, causing it to flow gravitationally along the incline.

168

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9.1K

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326

Authors

160

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2017–2026

13

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Drainage WindsGravity Winds

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Publications

168

Valley floor climate observations from the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica, 1986–2000

Peter T. Doran, Christopher P. McKay, Gary D. Clow et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2002 · 534 citations

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Katabatic wind forcing of the Terra Nova Bay polynya

David H. Bromwich, Dennis D. Kurtz · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1984 · 229 citations

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Kuroshio — Physical aspects of the Japan Current

Gunnar I. Roden · Marine Geology · 1975 · 225 citations

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Observations of Flow and Turbulence in the Nocturnal Boundary Layer over a Slope

Paolo Monti, Harindra J. S. Fernando, Marko Princevac et al. · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 2002 · 215 citations

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Climatology of katabatic winds in the McMurdo dry valleys, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica

Thomas Nylen, Andrew G. Fountain, Peter T. Doran · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2004 · 203 citations

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Authors

326

  1. TR
    Thomas R. Parish

    University of Wyoming, United States

    17 publications · 1.2K citations

    16

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  2. DH
    David H. Bromwich

    The Ohio State University, United States

    12 publications · 1.2K citations

    12

    h-index

  3. GW
    Gerd Wendler

    University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States

    9 publications · 328 citations

    9

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  4. GH
    Günther Heinemann

    Universität Trier, Germany

    7 publications · 286 citations

    7

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  5. MR
    M. R. van den Broeke

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    7 publications · 531 citations

    7

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Institutions

160

  1. University of Wyoming

    Laramie, United States

    13 h-index

    19 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    10 h-index

    13 publications

    923 citations

  3. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    23 publications

    895 citations

  5. University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Fairbanks, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    531 citations

  6. British Antarctic Survey

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    964 citations

  7. Université Grenoble Alpes

    Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

    5 h-index

    21 publications

    711 citations

  8. Finnish Meteorological Institute

    Helsinki, Finland

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    373 citations

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Venues

  1. Monthly Weather Review

    19 publications · 1.3K citations

    18

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 20 publications · 1.7K citations

    16

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  3. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    16 publications · 1K citations

    14

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  4. 11

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  5. Boundary-Layer Meteorology

    9 publications · 309 citations

    9

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