Physical modelling of baroclinic development in the lee of the Alps
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When baroclinic development is triggered by an obstacle, like an extended mountain range, the so-called lee, or secondary cyclogenesis can develop. The presence of the obstacle exerts a blocking effect on the lower layers of the impinging airflow, forcing them to go round its borders and reach the lee region with a delay. Blocking and delay are both responsible for the initial pressure decrease downwind of the mountain and for the subsequent proper downstream baroclinic development. According to this rather simple scheme, a cyclogenesis episode in the lee of the Alps was simulated in a hydraulic turntable. The results of these experiments showed a good agreement, both from a qualitative and quantitative point of view, with the analysis of an episode of lee cyclogenesis coupled to a cold outbreak in the Mediterranean, which actually occured in Southern Europe downstream of the Alps.
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Longhetto, A., Briatore, L., Chabert d’Hieres, G., Didelle, H., Ferrero, E. and Giraud, C. (1997) “Physical modelling of baroclinic development in the lee of the Alps”, Annals of Geophysics, 40(5). doi: 10.4401/ag-3861.
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