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DOI	https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.837426
	(Table 2) Foehn characteristics of station in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
	Speirs; Johanna C; Steinhoff; Daniel F; McGowan; Hamish A; Bromwich; David H; Monaghan; Andrew J
发布日期	2010-10-27
数据集类型	dataset
英文简介	Foehn winds resulting from topographic modification of airflow in the lee of mountain barriers are frequently experienced in the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs) of Antarctica. Strong foehn winds in the MDVs cause dramatic warming at onset and have significant effects on landscape forming processes; however, no detailed scientific investigation of foehn in the MDVs has been conducted. As a result, they are often misinterpreted as adiabatically warmed katabatic winds draining from the polar plateau. Herein observations from surface weather stations and numerical model output from the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) during foehn events in the MDVs are presented. Results show that foehn winds in the MDVs are caused by topographic modification of south-southwesterly airflow, which is channeled into the valleys from higher levels. Modeling of a winter foehn event identifies mountain wave activity similar to that associated with midlatitude foehn winds. These events are found to be caused by strong pressure gradients over the mountain ranges of the MDVs related to synoptic-scale cyclones positioned off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Analysis of meteorological records for 2006 and 2007 finds an increase of 10% in the frequency of foehn events in 2007 compared to 2006, which corresponds to stronger pressure gradients in the Ross Sea region. It is postulated that the intra- and interannual frequency and intensity of foehn events in the MDVs may therefore vary in response to the position and frequency of cyclones in the Ross Sea region.
空间范围	Median Latitude: -77.623000 * Median Longitude: 162.503618 * South-bound Latitude: -77.828000 * West-bound Longitude: 160.656800 * North-bound Latitude: -77.378000 * East-bound Longitude: 163.418000
时间范围	2007-05-21T03:15:00 - 2007-05-22T17:00:00
语种	英语
国家	国际
学科大类	气候变化
学科子类	气候变化
文献类型	数据集
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/219998
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Speirs,Johanna C,Steinhoff,et al. (Table 2) Foehn characteristics of station in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.2010-10-27.https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.837426.