An observational study of summer surface wind flow over northeast Colorado
| dc.contributor.author | Toth, James J., author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Richard H., author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (Fort Collins, Colo.), publisher | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-02T20:42:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-02T20:42:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1983-11 | |
| dc.description | November 1983. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Analysis of summer surface winds over northeast Colorado, using data from the Program for Regional Observing and Forecasting Services (PROFS), has been carried out to investigate the diurnal wind flow pattern over the broad drainage area of the South Platte River. The pattern, similar to the classic descriptions of valley wind flows, appears in monthly averages as well as on most individual days. Unique features of the flow are documented, in particular the upslope/downslope transitions which begin near the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and propagate eastward. Previous conceptual models of the afternoon and evening wind flow over northeast Colorado are verified. The afternoon upslope flow is often responsible for enhanced convective cloud cover in preferred locations during the summer. It is suggested that the development of moist convection modifies the diurnal flow and contributes to the late afternoon and early and evening transition to downslope flow. This study has pointed out the need for further investigations of this problem. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Research supported by the Environmental Research Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under Grant No. NA81RA-H-00001, Amendment 2, Item 4, and the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University. | |
| dc.format.medium | reports | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10217/235493 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries | |
| dc.relation | Catalog record number (MMS ID): 991006744809703361 | |
| dc.relation | QC851.C47 no.2 | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Publications | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | CIRA paper, no. 2 | |
| dc.rights | Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Boundary layer (Meteorology) | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Atmospheric circulation -- Colorado | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Weather -- Effect of mountains on | |
| dc.title | An observational study of summer surface wind flow over northeast Colorado | |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type | StillImage |
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