Abstract
A devastating windstorm in SE-Iceland is studied with the help of observations from automatic weather stations and high-resolution simulations. In this windstorm there is at the same time a strong downslope acceleration of the flow and acceleration at the edge of the mountain. The downslope windstorm is associated with strong wave breaking below a reverse wind shear in the lower troposphere. The method of Brasseur is applied for calculating the gusts. In the downslope flow, the mean wind is underestimated by the model, but a high observed gust factor is reproduced in the calculations. In the corner wind, the mean wind is reproduced, but the gust factor is somewhat underestimated by the calculations.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 517-520 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Hrvatski Meteoroloski Casopis |
| Issue number | 40 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Other keywords
- Corner wind
- Downslope windstorm
- Wave breaking