Low-level wind profiles at an Antarctic coastal station

King, John C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3315-7568. 1989 Low-level wind profiles at an Antarctic coastal station. Antarctic Science, 1 (02). 169-178. 10.1017/S095410208900026X

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Abstract/Summary

Wind and temperature profiles in the lowest 2000 m of the atmosphere at Halley (75°35′S, 26°50′W) have been analysed. Surface winds blow most frequently from the sector 090° ± 45° but the 2000 m wind direction is much more evenly distributed and appears to be determined by synoptic-scale pressure gradients. A simple one-dimensional boundary layer model, which includes the effects of stably-stratified air overlying a sloping surface, is able to reproduce some of the features of the observed profiles

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1017/S095410208900026X
ISSN:	0954-1020
Additional Keywords:	aerology, atmospheric boundary layer, katabatic wind, meteorology
Date made live:	17 Oct 2018 09:47 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521254

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1017/S095410208900026X

ISSN:

0954-1020

Additional Keywords:

aerology, atmospheric boundary layer, katabatic wind, meteorology

Date made live:

17 Oct 2018 09:47 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521254