Some Examples of Chinooks East of the Mountains in Colorado
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- 1 February 1952
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Vol. 33 (2) , 42-47
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477-33.2.42
Abstract
The mechanics of chinooks as they occur in eastern Colorado were studied with the aid of upper-air data and cross sections of equivalent-potential temperature across the Rocky Mountain region. The conventional model of the chinook involving precipitation on the windward side of the range adjacent to the chinook area, is discarded in favor of a model that does not require the precipitation. A number of cases are studied. One complete example with all important charts and diagrams is presented to show the mechanics of the chinook as it occurs in the Colorado area. Some data on other examples are also given.Keywords
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