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forced channeling

Scope: climate
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on forced channeling with 37 nodes and 121 connections. Top connected: snowpack persistence, leaf water content, streamflow, elevation gradient, spectral reflectance.

Definition

Mechanism where upper-level flow is channeled by valley sidewalls when convective boundary layer grows above ridge height, causing valley wind direction to align with upper-level flow

Publications (1)

article

The short life of upvalley wind in a high-altitude valley in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2025Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospherescentral

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