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Mountain Pass Winds

Mountain Pass Winds is a localized wind system characterized by the channeling and acceleration of mountain-valley winds through topographic constrictions, distinguished by its occurrence and intensification within narrow mountain passes due to pressure gradient forcing and funnelling effects.

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Why Mountain Passes are Higher in the Tropics

Daniel H. Janzen · The American Naturalist · 1967 · 2.1K citations

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Upwelling off the Gulfs of Panama and Papagayo in the tropical Pacific during March 1985

Richard Legeckis · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1988 · 74 citations

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Effect of winds in a mountain pass on turbine performance

Andrew Clifton, Megan Daniels, Michael Lehning · Wind Energy · 2013 · 36 citations

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Dynamics of Air Pollution Transport in Late Wintertime over Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: As Revealed with Numerical Simulation

T. Kitada, Ram P. Regmi · Journal of Applied Meteorology · 2003 · 34 citations

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Nonuniform wind characteristics and buffeting response of a composite cable-stayed bridge in a trumpet-shaped mountain pass

Zhengfeng Shen, Jiawu Li, Rui Li et al. · Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics · 2021 · 23 citations

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Authors

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  1. JL
    Jiawu Li

    Chang'an University, China

    2 publications · 38 citations

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  2. ML
    Michael Lehning

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  3. EC
    Edgar C. Knowlton

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  4. WG
    Wilfredo Gutiérrez

    Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático, Mexico

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. JA
    Jorge Alejandro Torres-Jaramillo

    Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico

    1 publications · 12 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Chang'an University

    Xi'an, China

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    182 citations

  2. West Anhui University

    Lu'an, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  3. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

    Puebla City, Mexico

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  4. Toyohashi University of Technology

    Toyohashi, Japan

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    68 citations

  5. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    1 h-index

    9 publications

    108 citations

  6. National Laboratory of the Rockies

    Golden, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

  7. Sichuan Highway Design and Research Institute

    Chengdu, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  8. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    72 citations

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  1. World Literature Today

    WLT · 1 publications · 14 citations

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  3. Atmospheric Environment

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. Journal of Applied Meteorology

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  5. Applied Sciences

    1 publications · 15 citations

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