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Katabatic winds, hydraulic jumps and wind flow over the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2004

Philip S. Targett
Philip S. Targett
Affiliation:
Australian Bureau of Meteorology, GPO Box 727G, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia, E-mail: P.Targett@bom.gov.au Institute for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania, TAS 7001, Australia
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Abstract

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This paper examines two strong or gale-force wind events which began suddenly at Platcha, near the Antarctic ice sheet edge in the Vestfold Hills of East Antarctica, and at a later time were recorded at Davis after progressing slowly across the intervening 25 km of relatively low hills.

Keywords

hydraulic jumpkatabatic windwind jump
Type
Papers—Atmospheric Sciences
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 1998 , pp. 502 - 506
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 1998