A Climatological Study of Strong Downslope Winds in the Boulder Area.

By: Series: NCAR Cooperative Thesis ; 27 | INSTAAR occasional paper ; 6[s.l.] : NCAR, 1973Description: 229 p. : ill. ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QC939.C6 B7 1973
Contents:
I. Background to the study -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Global summary of Feohn and Bora winds -- 3. Air flow over mountains - observations and theories -- II. Data and methods -- 4. Data -- 5. Methods -- 6. The wind storm cases -- III. Results -- 7. Frequency distributions -- 8. Temperature characteristics -- 9. Surface wind -- 10. Turbulence characteristics -- 11. Precipitation -- 12. Surface pressure -- 13. Air stream characteristics -- IV. A synthesis -- 14. Boulder's winds - boras and chinooks -- 15. Suggestion for the development of a forecast aid for Boulder's storms -- 16. The night the wind blew.
Dissertation note: Thesis--University of Colorado, 1973.
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Thesis--University of Colorado, 1973.

Bibliography: p. 204-212.

I. Background to the study -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Global summary of Feohn and Bora winds -- 3. Air flow over mountains - observations and theories -- II. Data and methods -- 4. Data -- 5. Methods -- 6. The wind storm cases -- III. Results -- 7. Frequency distributions -- 8. Temperature characteristics -- 9. Surface wind -- 10. Turbulence characteristics -- 11. Precipitation -- 12. Surface pressure -- 13. Air stream characteristics -- IV. A synthesis -- 14. Boulder's winds - boras and chinooks -- 15. Suggestion for the development of a forecast aid for Boulder's storms -- 16. The night the wind blew.

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