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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-821-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-821-2023
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18 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 18 Jan 2023

Daytime along-valley winds in the Himalayas as simulated by the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model

Johannes Mikkola, Victoria A. Sinclair, Marja Bister, and Federico Bianchi

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Local winds in four valleys located in the Nepal Himalayas are studied by means of high-resolution meteorological modelling. Well-defined daytime up-valley winds are simulated in all of the valleys with some variation in the flow depth and strength among the valleys and their parts. Parts of the valleys with a steep valley floor inclination (2–5°) are associated with weaker and shallower daytime up-valley winds compared with the parts that have nearly flat valley floors (< 1°).
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