Low-level wind profiles at an Antarctic coastal station
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Antarctic Science
- Vol. 1 (2) , 169-178
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s095410208900026x
Abstract
Wind and temperature profiles in the lowest 2000 m of the atmosphere at Halley (75°35′S, 26°50′W) have been analysed. Surface winds blow most frequently from the sector 090° ± 45° but the 2000 m wind direction is much more evenly distributed and appears to be determined by synoptic-scale pressure gradients. A simple one-dimensional boundary layer model, which includes the effects of stably-stratified air overlying a sloping surface, is able to reproduce some of the features of the observed profiles.Keywords
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