Katabatic Winds: When Cold Air Falls
In short: How air chilled over Antarctica's ice slopes becomes denser than its surroundings and pours downhill under gravity, producing record-breaking coastal winds that shape sea ice, temperature and snowfall.
A 2:01 short film in the series “Invisible Atmosphere”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Cambridge University Press (Polar Record journal, article by Thomas R. Parish, 1981), “The katabatic winds of Cape Denison and Port Martin | Polar Record | Cambridge Core”; Cambridge University Press / International Glaciological Society (Annals of Glaciology, 1985), “The Effect of Blowing Snow on Katabatic Winds in Antarctica | Annals of Glaciology | Cambridge Core”; American Meteorological Society (AMS), Glossary of Meteorology, “katabatic wind - Glossary of Meteorology”; Journal of Geophysical Research (American Geophysical Union); authors Nylen and Fountain (Portland State University) and Doran (University of Illinois at Chicago), “jd003937 1..9”; Springer Science+Business Media (chapter by Iva Kavčič and Branko Grisogono, University of Zagreb, in 'Atmospheric Boundary Layers', 2007), “Katabatic flow with Coriolis effect and gradually varying eddy diffusivity”; Nature (Springer Nature); letter by Thomas R. Parish (University of Wyoming) and David H. Bromwich (Ohio State University), published 2 July 1987, “The surface windfield over the Antarctic ice sheets”; NOAA Institutional Repository (journal article by Wenta and Cassano, Remote Sensing, MDPI AG, 2020), “NOAA Institutional Repository”; NASA Earth Observatory, “Polynya off the Antarctic Coast - NASA Science”; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS), via PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine), “Katabatic winds diminish precipitation contribution to the Antarctic ice mass balance”.
Sources used in this film
- Cambridge University Press (Polar Record journal, article by Thomas R. Parish, 1981) — The katabatic winds of Cape Denison and Port Martin | Polar Record | Cambridge Core · View →
- Cambridge University Press / International Glaciological Society (Annals of Glaciology, 1985) — The Effect of Blowing Snow on Katabatic Winds in Antarctica | Annals of Glaciology | Cambridge Core · View →
- American Meteorological Society (AMS), Glossary of Meteorology — katabatic wind - Glossary of Meteorology · View →
- Journal of Geophysical Research (American Geophysical Union); authors Nylen and Fountain (Portland State University) and Doran (University of Illinois at Chicago) — jd003937 1..9 · View →
- Springer Science+Business Media (chapter by Iva Kavčič and Branko Grisogono, University of Zagreb, in 'Atmospheric Boundary Layers', 2007) — Katabatic flow with Coriolis effect and gradually varying eddy diffusivity · View →
- Nature (Springer Nature); letter by Thomas R. Parish (University of Wyoming) and David H. Bromwich (Ohio State University), published 2 July 1987 — The surface windfield over the Antarctic ice sheets · View →
- NOAA Institutional Repository (journal article by Wenta and Cassano, Remote Sensing, MDPI AG, 2020) — NOAA Institutional Repository · View →
- NASA Earth Observatory — Polynya off the Antarctic Coast - NASA Science · View →
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS), via PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine) — Katabatic winds diminish precipitation contribution to the Antarctic ice mass balance · View →
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- Summary by Intellect · source: Cambridge University Press (Polar Record journal, article by Thomas R. Parish, 1981): The katabatic winds of Cape Denison and Port Martin | Polar Record | Cambridge Core
- Also: Cambridge University Press / International Glaciological Society (Annals of Glaciology, 1985): The Effect of Blowing Snow on Katabatic Winds in Antarctica | Annals of Glaciology | Cambridge Core
- Also: American Meteorological Society (AMS), Glossary of Meteorology: katabatic wind - Glossary of Meteorology
- Also: Journal of Geophysical Research (American Geophysical Union); authors Nylen and Fountain (Portland State University) and: jd003937 1..9
- Also: Springer Science+Business Media (chapter by Iva Kavčič and Branko Grisogono, University of Zagreb, in 'Atmospheric Bound: Katabatic flow with Coriolis effect and gradually varying eddy diffusivity
- Also: Nature (Springer Nature); letter by Thomas R. Parish (University of Wyoming) and David H. Bromwich (Ohio State Universit: The surface windfield over the Antarctic ice sheets
- Also: NOAA Institutional Repository (journal article by Wenta and Cassano, Remote Sensing, MDPI AG, 2020): NOAA Institutional Repository
- Also: NASA Earth Observatory: Polynya off the Antarctic Coast - NASA Science
- Also: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS), via PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine): Katabatic winds diminish precipitation contribution to the Antarctic ice mass balance
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