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Valley Winds

Valley Winds is a type of thermally driven local wind system characterized by diurnal up-valley and down-valley flow patterns that develop in mountainous terrain due to differential heating and cooling of valley surfaces and surrounding air.

275

Publications

12.2K

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625

Authors

266

Institutions

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2017–2026

37

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Valley Wind Systems

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Publications

275

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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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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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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High-Resolution Large-Eddy Simulations of Flow in a Steep Alpine Valley. Part I: Methodology, Verification, and Sensitivity Experiments

Fotini Katopodes Chow, Andreas Weigel, Robert L. Street et al. · Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology · 2006 · 194 citations · Full text

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Valley winds and slope winds ? Observations and elementary thoughts

I. Vergeiner, E. Dreiseitl · Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics · 1987 · 192 citations

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Authors

625

  1. CD
    C. David Whiteman

    University of Utah, United States

    16 publications · 969 citations

    15

    h-index

  2. MW
    Mathias W. Rotach

    Universität Innsbruck, Austria

    9 publications · 741 citations

    9

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  3. DZ
    Dino Zardi

    University of Trento, Italy

    8 publications · 535 citations

    8

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  4. SZ
    Shiyuan Zhong

    Michigan State University, United States

    8 publications · 404 citations

    8

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  5. JS
    Juerg Schmidli

    University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland

    8 publications · 420 citations

    8

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Institutions

266

  1. Universität Innsbruck

    Innsbruck, Austria

    14 h-index

    36 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    13 h-index

    24 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    13 h-index

    30 publications

    1K citations

  4. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

    Richland, United States

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    2K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    32 publications

    787 citations

  6. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    896 citations

  7. University of Trento

    Trento, Italy

    8 h-index

    26 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    7 h-index

    27 publications

    766 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Applied Meteorology

    34 publications · 1.8K citations

    25

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  2. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

    JAMC · 25 publications · 1.1K citations

    16

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  3. Monthly Weather Review

    16 publications · 784 citations

    15

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  5. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    15 publications · 788 citations

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