On the High Winds in the Tianshan Grand Canyon in Northwest China: General Features, Synoptic Conditions, and Mesoscale Structures

On the High Winds in the Tianshan Grand Canyon in Northwest China: General Features, Synoptic Conditions, and Mesoscale Structures

This work studies the characteristics of high winds in the Tianshan Grand Canyon (TGC), Northwest China by using surface wind observations at six automatic weather stations during 2017–2018. Three high wind indices are examined, namely, high wind hour (HWH), station high wind event (SHWE) and region...

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Main Authors: Tao Xi, Xin Xu, Peng Wei, Yuan Wang, Jie Ming, Shushi Zhang, Jinfeng Ding, Abuduwaili Abulikemu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
high winds
orography
gravity waves
downslope windstorms
synoptic conditions
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.926339/full

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