Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2015 · 53 citations · 34 references
EngineeringGeomorphologyGeophysical FlowEarth ScienceArizona ’Meteorite ImpactGeophysicsMeteor CraterAtmospheric ScienceMicrometeorologyDownslope Windstorm-type FlowsApplied MeteorologyCrater TopographyMeteoriticsHydrometeorologyMeteorologyMesoscale MeteorologyGeographyGeologyMetcrax IiMeteorological Forcing
Abstract The second Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX II) was conducted in October 2013 at Arizona’s Meteor Crater. The experiment was designed to investigate nighttime downslope windstorm−type flows that form regularly above the inner southwest sidewall of the 1.2-km diameter crater as a southwesterly mesoscale katabatic flow cascades over the crater rim. The objective of METCRAX II is to determine the causes of these strong, intermittent, and turbulent inflows that bring warm-air intrusions into the southwest part of the crater. This article provides an overview of the scientific goals of the experiment; summarizes the measurements, the crater topography, and the synoptic meteorology of the study period; and presents initial analysis results.
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