A Study on Snowstorm Weather in Coastal Area of Western Antarctic

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2003-01-11
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Inthispaper,basedontheobservationaldataof1995intheChineseAntarcticGreatWallStationthesnowstormisstudiedsynoptically.Itisfoundthattherearetwokindsofsnowstormswithdifferentphysicalcharacteristicsandthatthehappeningofsnowstormisalwaysaccompaniedbyanear-groundlevelinversionlayer.Thefunctionoftheinversionlayerisanalyzed,too.ItisindicatedthatthestrongESE-windtypesnowstormismainlycausedbykatabaticwindandgradientwindtogether.ThisideaisnewanddifferentfromthegeneralconceptthatthereisnokatabaticwindinthewesternAntarcticarea.