Soil moisture is a key variable of the climate system. It constrains plant transpiration and
photosynthesis in several regions of the world, with consequent impacts on the water …

The exchange of heat, momentum, and mass in the atmosphere over mountainous terrain is
controlled by synoptic-scale dynamics, thermally driven mesoscale circulations, and …

Diurnal mountain wind systems are local thermally driven wind systems that form over
mountainous terrain and are produced by the buoyancy effects associated with the diurnal …

We review developments in the field of boundary-layer flow over complex topography,
focussing on the period from 1970 to the present day. The review follows two parallel …

Pollutant dispersion processes over complex terrain are much more complicated than over
flat areas, as they are affected by atmospheric interactions with the orography at different …

The performance of two-way nesting for large eddy simulation (LES) of PBL turbulence is
investigated using the Weather Research and Forecasting model framework. A pair of LES …

Mountainous terrain exerts an important influence on the Earth's atmosphere and affects
atmospheric transport and mixing at a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. The …

The theoretical treatment of turbulence is largely based on the assumption of horizontally
homogeneous and flat underlying surfaces. Correspondingly, approaches developed over …

This paper investigates the steps necessary to achieve accurate simulations of flow over
steep, mountainous terrain. Large-eddy simulations of flow in the Riviera Valley in the …

Within MAP, one of the scientific projects was devoted to 'Boundary Layers in Complex
Terrain'. In a number of subprojects, boundary‐layer issues were addressed and detailed …