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© Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-68158-2 - Mountain Weather and Climate, Third Edition Roger G Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-68158-2 - Mountain Weather and Climate, Third Edition Roger G. Barry Index More information INDEX Abramov Glacier station 381 altitude effect on (direct) solar radiation 35 Abramov Glacier, mean monthly temperature and altitude effects on sky radiation 42 precipitation 381 altitude of maximum precipitation 286 absolute vorticity 128 altitudinal characteristics 282–288 accidents due to lightning 458 altitudinal effects on solar radiation 38–42 acclimatization 453 altitudinal gradient of air temperature 57 accretion of ice on power lines 322 altitudinal gradients of precipitation 421–421 actual evaporation 394 altitudinal gradients of soil temperature 57–58 acute mountain sickness 446–447 anabatic 187 adaptations 452–456 anabatic slope flows 191 adret 397, 483–485 Andean Quechua 453 Adriatic Sea 176 Andes 128, 421–426, 453 Advanced Regional Prediction System (ARPS) 230 angle of repose 459 aerobic working capacity 454 annual temperature range 26, 27 aerodynamic method 330–331 Antarctic 128 aerosol 461 Antarctic Peninsula 133 aerosol concentrations 37 Antarctica 159, 183–185, 416–419 air avalanches 193 Antarctica, katabatic wind regime 418–419 air pollution 460–468 Appalachian Mountains 136, 264, 298 air pressure 32 Appalachians 142 air pressure and altitude 445 areal representativeness of a gauge 313–314, 318 airflow over mountains, theories 152–154 aridity 380, 414 Alaska 107 Arunachal Pradesh 375 Alberta 173 Asekreme 379, 381 ALPEX 142, 145, 178 aspect 87–96 alpine 3 aspect ratio 82 Alpine Experiment (ALPEX) 11 Atacama Desert 423 alpine glaciers 482–485 Austria 50, 105, 295 alpine lee cyclogenesis 145 Austrian Alps 40, 42, 48, 60, 255, 323, 339 alpine micro-climates 96 automatic weather stations 15 Alpine Surface Radiation Budget (ASRB) 41 Auvergne 314, 322 Alps 40, 42, 74, 97, 107, 138, 141, 181, 258, 271, 274, avalanche forecasting 460 305, 335, 386–397, 480 Alps, lee cyclones 149 balloon ascents 446 Alps, radiation studies 251 banner clouds 169 Alps, regional compensation flow 217 baroclinic atmosphere 127 Alps, regional evapo-transpiration 341 barotropic atmosphere 127 Alps, seasonal precipitation characteristics 390 barrier width 74 Altiplano 65, 67, 223–224, 337, 411, 422–423 barrier winds 132–138 altitude 31–72 Barrow, Alaska 98 altitude and cloudiness effects on global solar base of cumulus cloud 269 radiation 40 Bavaria 265 altitude and cloudiness effects on infrared radiation 48 Bavarian Alps 287 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-68158-2 - Mountain Weather and Climate, Third Edition Roger G. Barry Index More information INDEX 498 Beer’s Law 36 Central Asia 381–386 Ben Nevis 29, 261, 399, 449 Central Asia, solid precipitation 384 Ben Nevis Observatories 397 Central Sierra Snow Laboratory 335 Ben Nevis Observatory 6 Cevennes´ 282 Bergeron-Findeisen mechanism 270 changes in mountain climates 474–488 Bergeron-Findeisen process 270 changes on Alpine glaciers 486 Bernese Plateau 396 characteristics of mountain areas 2–5 Bernoulli effect 71 Cherrapunji 375 Bernoulli equation 84 chinook 170 Big Thompson flood 405 Chitistone Pass, Alaska 104, 107 billows 170 chronic mountain sickness 454–455 birth weights 453–454 Churchill, Manitoba 91, 92 bise 395–396 circulation systems related to orography 125 blocking effects 132–138 clear-sky direct beam transmissivity 39 blowing and drifting snow 323–328 climate classifications 13 blowing snow 451 climatic characteristics of mountains 251–342 blowing snow, rate of transport of mass 327 climatic regionalization 12 Blue Ridge 157 climatic snow line 383 Bolivia 284 clo 451–452 bora 175–179 clothing 451–452 bora at Senj 176 cloud droplet growth 269 bora days climatological characteristics winter 177 cloud effects on UV radiation 46 bore 159 cloud forest 312, 318 Boulder, Colorado 161, 178, 179 cloud forms 168–170 boundary layer 74 cloud modification factor (CMF) 46 boundary layer flow 228 cloud reporting 271–272 Bowen ratio 107, 255, 329, 340 cloud systems 376 Bowen ratios 253 cloud time delay 305 bristlecone pine 481 cloud type 270–271 Britain 289 cloudiness 398 British Columbia 302 clouds 266–272 Brocken 61 Coanda¨ (wall attachment) effect 80 Brooks Range 135–136 Coast Ranges 286 Brunt-Vais¨al¨a¨ frequency 132, 153 coastal Alaska 133 Brush Creek 208 Coastal Range in Oregon 282 Brush Creek Valley, Colorado 201, 463 Col de Porte 480 cold air damming 136, 142, 159 C.W. Thornthwaite 329 cold air lake 216, 264–266 Cairn Gorm 397, 399 cold air pool 175 Cairn Gorm, climate 399–400 cold effects 447–451 Canadian Arctic 339 cold fronts 140 Canary Islands 164 cold lows 288 cap cloud 168–169 cold pool 209 Cape Dennison 184, 185 cold stress 449–450 Cape Farewell 134 Colombia 421–422 Carbon River Valley 211 Colombia (Serrania de Macuira) 313–314, 318 Carpathain Mountains 80 Colorado Front Range 107, 326 Cascade Mountains 142, 278, 303 Colorado River Valley 217 Cascade Mountains, Washington 289 Colorado Rockies 314, 322 Cascade Range 322 Colorado Rockies, winter storm precipitation 404 catch of snow 310, 313 Colorado Rocky Mountains 218 Cauca Valley, Colombia 186 complex terrain, controls of atmospheric diffusion in Caucasus 253, 255, 257, 258, 259, 335, 483 462–468 Central Alps of Japan 282 computer programs to calculate solar radiation 91–94 Central America 274 concave landforms 104 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-68158-2 - Mountain Weather and Climate, Third Edition Roger G. Barry Index More information INDEX 499 condensation, amount 278 Double Fenced Intercomparison Reference (DFIR) continentality 26–31, 393 gauge 308–309, 316 convection events 282 downslope flow, theories 195–196 convective cloud system 274 downslope windstorm 161 convex landforms 104 downslope windstorm events 178 Cordilera Darwin 425 Drakensberg 197, 211, 218 coreless winter 417 drift surface, slope 325–326 Coriolis parameter 75 drifts 326 corner effect 137 droplet coalescence 269 Cotapaxi 253 dry adiabatic lapse rate 52, 267 Craigieburn Range 29 dry subtropical Andes 423–425 creep 324 Dun Fell 310, 317 crest cloud 405 Dunde ice cap 413 Cristo Redentor 424 dynamic pressure gradient 81 critical layer 231 dynamic wind pressure 322 critical level 158 Croatia 258 East Africa 365–368 Cross Fell 169, 176 eastern Alps 285, 294 cross-valley winds 206, 215 eastern Nepal, precipitation 369 Cwm Dyli 398 eastern Pamir 483 cyclogenesis in the northern hemisphere 143 eddy correlation method 332 cyclones in the lee of the Alps 144–148 (blocking) effect 68 effect of altitude on diffuse (sky) radiation 41 daily temperature fluctuation 60 effect of cloud cover on solar radiation 42 Dalton’s equation 330, 334 effect of mountain cross-profile on wave motion 162 Davos 196, 204, 335 effect of slope aspect on precipitation 309–310, 316 De Beque basin 209 effect of slopes in terms of net radiation 94 deep valleys 79, 103 elevation effects in complex terrain 286–287 definitions of mountain areas 2–3 Emley Moor, Pennines 322 density 32 energy balance method 329–330 deposition on horizontal surfaces 323 energy budget closure 258–259 depth hoar 459–460 energy budget data 256 Desert Andes 423 energy budget of a mountain climber 448 Dhaulagiri Himal 374 energy budgets 251–259, 412 diabatic heating 125 energy conversion factors 495 differential pressure effects 138 England 283 diffuse radiation 42 envelope orography 130–131 diffuse radiation on a slope 90–91 environmental lapse rate 52 digital elevation model (DEM) 104, 107 equation for conservation of potential vorticity dimensional effects 73–81 126–127 Dinaric Alps 177 equatorial and tropical Andes 421–423 direct beam solar radiation for sloping surfaces 106 equatorial Andes 284 direct radiation 38, 87, 89–90, 105 equatorial mountains 363–368 directional correlation coefficients 212 equilibrium line altitude 482 directional relief 100 equilibrium temperature theory 108 Dischma Valley 204, 208, 255, 311, 315, 322, 339–340 equivalent potential temperature 69 Dischmatal 340 errors in the measurement of liquid and solid diurnal range of temperature in the free air 59–60 precipitation 306–307, 316 diurnal temperature range 400, 476 erythemal radiation 44 diurnal temperature range in sinkholes 190 Ethiopia 283 diurnal variation of lapse rate 400 European Alps 128, 143, 309–310, 316 dividing streamline 76, 166 European Alps, snow lines 81 dividing streamline concept 468 evanescent waves 153 Dome C 417 evaporation 107 Dome C, energy budget 417 evaporation from mountain areas 338 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-68158-2 - Mountain Weather and Climate, Third Edition Roger G. Barry Index More information INDEX 500 evaporation pans 332 Froude number 76–77, 109, 182, 185, 186 evaporation processes and methods of calculation fumigation 463 328–333 evaporation, measurements 332–333 gap winds 79–80 evaporation–sublimation rates 337 gauge shielding 308, 316 evapotranspiration 98, 328 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory model 126 evapotranspiration, combination methods 331–332 geostatistical approach to mapping precipitation evapotranspiration, Penman’s equation 331–332 291–292 evidence of climatic fluctuations 474–485 Gibbs phenomenon 129 exposure 100, 101, 312, 318 Glaciar Echaurren Norte 425 glaciation level 427 Falkland Islands 179 glacier basins 297 fall winds 170–186 Glacier National Park 100 fallout of raindrops 278 glacier recession 483–485 Fedtchenko Glacier 382 glacier recession in New Zealand 485 Fedtchenko Glacier, mean
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