Validating simulated mountain wave impacts on hub-height wind speed using SoDAR observations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.10.127
Abstract: Abstract The ascent of stably stratified air over a mountain barrier can trigger the generation of mountain waves. Mountain waves occur frequently over the Columbia River Gorge in western North America and can impact wind… read more here.
Keywords: height wind; wind; mountain; mountain wave ... See more keywords
Secondary Gravity Waves Generated by Breaking Mountain Waves Over Europe
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DOI: 10.1029/2019jd031662
Abstract: A strong mountain wave, observed over Central Europe on 12 January 2016, is simulated in 2D under two fixed background wind conditions representing opposite tidal phases. The aim of the simulation is to investigate the… read more here.
Keywords: breaking mountain; mountain; gravity waves; mountain wave ... See more keywords
Mesospheric Mountain Wave Activity in the Lee of the Southern Andes
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DOI: 10.1029/2020jd033268
Abstract: Gravity waves (GWs) generated by orographic forcing, also known as mountain waves (MWs) have been studied for decades. First measured in the troposphere, then in the stratosphere, they were only im... read more here.
Keywords: activity lee; mountain; wave activity; lee southern ... See more keywords