The Chilean Coastal Orographic Precipitation Experiment (CCOPE) was conducted during the australwinter of 2015 (May–August) in the Nahuelbuta Mountains (peak elevation 1.3 km MSL) of southern Chile(388S). CCOPE used ...

The orographic effect of the Andes (30 degrees S-55 degrees S) on upwind precipitating clouds from midlatitude frontal systems is investigated using surface and satellite data. Rain gauges between 33 degrees S and 44 degrees ...

Ray techniques are a promising tool for developing orographic gravity wave drag schemes. However, the modeling of the propagation of orographic waves using standard ray theory in realistic background wind conditions usually ...

Orographic lifting of air masses and other topographically modified flows induce cloud and precipitation formation at larger scales and preferential deposition of precipitation at smaller scales. In this study, we examine ...

The orographic effect of the Andes (30°S–55°S) on upwind precipitating clouds from midlatitude frontal systems is investigated using surface and satellite data. Rain gauges between 33°S and 44°S indicate that annual ...

Sedimentary basin fills along the windward flanks of orogenic plateaus are valuable archives of paleoenvironmental change with the potential to resolve the history of surface uplift and orographic barrier formation. The ...

The Nahuelbuta Mountains (NM) are a semielliptical massif 1300 m high in coastal southern Chile (37 degrees-38 degrees S) facing frontal storms that move from the Pacific. Mean precipitation between 900 and 1200 mm yr(-1) ...

This study documents the mean properties and variability of kinematic and precipitation structures associated with orographic precipitation along the coast of Northern California in the context of terrain-trapped airflows ...

Rainfall in the central Andes associated with the South American Monsoon and the South American Low-Level Jet results from orographic effects on atmospheric circulation exerted by the Andean Plateau and the Eastern Cordillera. ...