The Influence of Mountains on Airflow, Clouds, and Precipitation

William R. Cotton; George Bryan; Susan C. van den Heever

doi:10.1016/S0074-6142(10)09917-1

The Influence of Mountains on Airflow, Clouds, and Precipitation

William R. Cotton, George Bryan, Susan C. van den Heever

Dynamical and Physical Meteorology

Colorado State University

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Abstract

Chapter 11 focuses on wintertime clouds and cloud systems that are forced at least in part by orography, but excluding deep convective clouds. It includes examining air motions over mountainous terrain that are conducive to the formation and special distribution of precipitation. Also considered is the interaction between flow over mountains and larger scale weather systems such as extratropical cyclones.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	673-750
Number of pages	78
Journal	International Geophysics
Volume	99
Issue number	C
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-6142(10)09917-1
State	Published - 2011

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Orographic clouds
Orographic precipitation

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