Orographic Atmospheric Phenomena in Patagonia: A preliminary srrvey
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The southern Andes create a variety of atmospheric phcromena, b:* &ese have not been well studied. In this paper, we describe our preliminary observations and modeling of a few of these phenomena including: the sharp vegetation gradient on the eastern slopes, orographic triggering ofroll convection, foehn wall and short lee-wave trains, liquid clouds capping ice clouds, "bullef' clouds, and isotopic fractionation ofwater vapor..
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