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Orographic Lifting

Orographic Lifting is a meteorological process in which air is forced to ascend due to the topographic elevation of terrain, leading to adiabatic cooling, condensation, and potential convective initiation when atmospheric instability is present.

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246

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121

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2017–2026

17

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Orographic Lift

Parents

Publications

76

Snowfall in high southern latitudes

David H. Bromwich · Reviews of Geophysics · 1988 · 467 citations

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Transport pathways for Asian pollution outflow over the Pacific: Interannual and seasonal variations

Hongyu Liu, Daniel J. Jacob, I. Bey et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2003 · 413 citations · Full text

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Role of Narrow Mountains in Large-Scale Organization of Asian Monsoon Convection*

Shang‐Ping Xie, Haiming Xu, N. H. Saji et al. · Journal of Climate · 2006 · 319 citations · Full text

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Convective outflow of South Asian pollution: A global CTM simulation compared with EOS MLS observations

Qinbin Li, Jonathan H. Jiang, Dong L. Wu et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 2005 · 266 citations · Full text

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Summer monsoon convection in the Himalayan region: terrain and land cover effects

Socorro Medina, Robert A. Houze, Anil Kumar et al. · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 2010 · 229 citations

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Authors

246

  1. YC
    Yi‐Leng Chen

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    6 publications · 313 citations

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  2. ML
    Michael Lanzone

    West Virginia University, United States

    3 publications · 342 citations

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  3. JA
    Junior A. Tremblay

    Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada

    3 publications · 342 citations

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  4. TA
    Tricia A. Miller

    West Virginia University, United States

    3 publications · 342 citations

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  5. CM
    Charles Maisonneuve

    Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts (Québec), Canada

    3 publications · 342 citations

    3

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Institutions

121

  1. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    566 citations

  3. National Central University

    Taoyuan City, Taiwan

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    848 citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. National Taiwan University

    Taipei, Taiwan

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    318 citations

  6. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    520 citations

  7. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    421 citations

  8. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    369 citations

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Venues

  1. Monthly Weather Review

    14 publications · 657 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 5 publications · 644 citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    5 publications · 518 citations

    5

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 3 publications · 76 citations

    3

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  5. Journal of Climate

    3 publications · 424 citations

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