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forced channeling

Scope: climate

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 67 entities)

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

Definition

Mechanism where upper-level flow is channeled by valley sidewalls when convective boundary layer grows above ridge height, causing valley wind direction to align with upper-level flow

Publications (1)

article

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

2025Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

forced channeling

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Definition

Publications (1)

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

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