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thermally driven upvalley wind — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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thermally driven upvalley wind

Scope: climate

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 67 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on thermally driven upvalley wind with 67 nodes and 131 connections. Top connected: Gothic, Crested Butte, Colorado East River Valley, Winter snowpack, Dissolved solids concentration.

Definition

Valley wind that develops due to differential heating between valley floor and surrounding slopes, typically flowing upslope during daytime

Related Terms (2)

UV windupvalley wind

Publications (1)

article

The short life of upvalley wind in a high-altitude valley in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2025Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

thermally driven upvalley wind

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 67 entities)

Definition

Related Terms (2)

Publications (1)

The short life of upvalley wind in a high-altitude valley in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Related Concepts (10)

Dust control

Winter snowpack

Dissolved solids concentration

Water Runoff

Temperature inversion

Elevation Range

Water depth

diurnal flow variation

Predictive climate modeling

Streamflow