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Ridge-top Flow

Ridge-Top Flow is a meteorological phenomenon characterized by the accelerated and often turbulent airflow that occurs when wind passes over the crest of a topographic ridge, distinguished from surrounding wind patterns by its enhancement due to orographic lifting and flow compression at the summit.

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The Relationship between Overlying Synoptic-Scale Flows and Winds within a Valley

C. David Whiteman, J. C. Doran · Journal of Applied Meteorology · 1993 · 239 citations · Full text

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Flow over an isolated hill of moderate slope

P. J. Mason, R. I. Sykes · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 1979 · 235 citations

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Nonlinear shallow fluid flow over an isolated ridge

David D. Houghton, Akira Kasahara · Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics · 1968 · 229 citations

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Permeabilities, fluid pressures, and flow rates in the Barbados Ridge Complex

Elizabeth J. Screaton, D.R. Wuthrich, Shirley J. Dreiss · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1990 · 154 citations

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Seamounts as Conduits for Massive Fluid, Heat, and Solute Fluxes on Ridge Flanks

A. T. Fisher, C.G. Wheat · Oceanography · 2010 · 137 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JF
    John Finnigan

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

    3 publications · 182 citations

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  2. TI
    Takeshi Ishihara

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    2 publications · 119 citations

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  3. SC
    Stuart Cameron

    University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 95 citations

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  4. RI
    R. I. Sykes

    Met Office, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 248 citations

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  5. MS
    Michael S. Shipman

    Geophex (United States), United States

    2 publications · 67 citations

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  1. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    644 citations

  2. Met Office

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    496 citations

  3. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    88 citations

  4. Marine Scotland

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    102 citations

  5. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    153 citations

  6. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

    Richland, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    492 citations

  7. Technical University of Denmark

    Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    221 citations

  8. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    81 citations

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  1. Boundary-Layer Meteorology

    8 publications · 380 citations

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  2. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    3 publications · 55 citations

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  3. Atmospheric Environment (1967)

    3 publications · 86 citations

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  5. Journal of Applied Meteorology

    2 publications · 310 citations

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