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2007 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Topography: the Global Player in Meteorology
Author : Reinhold Steinacker
Published in: Atmospheric Convection: Research and Operational Forecasting Aspects
Publisher: Springer Vienna
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In this document the basic characteristics of topography on our planet and its impact on the atmosphere is discussed. Fundamental thermodynamic as well as dynamic consequences of mountains with regard to the atmospheric processes are being treated. Relevant scales of phenomena are investigated and their implication on damping or forcing of convection.