Year: 1985
Type: article
Abstract: An acceleration of the katabatic winds during periods of blowing snow was observed in Adelie Land, Antarctica. Data collected by Automatic Weather Stations' (AWS) showed a change in the relationship between the katabatic term of the surface geostrophic wind (katabatic force) and the wind speed for periods of blowing snow. When measurements of the katabatic force were plotted against the cube of the wind speed, the slope was steeper for wind speeds at less than a threshold speed for blowing snow. The difference between these two slopes was partly explained by the effect of blowing snow entrained into the atmospheric boundary layer.
Source: Annals of Glaciology
Authors: Yuji Kodama, Gerd Wendler, Joan Gosink
Institution: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Language: English
Subfield: Atmospheric Science
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: National Science Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W161950807