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Vertical
compression of airflow over
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mountain
accelerates air
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Friction
retards flow
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Small
scale roughness effects (<10 m
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dimension)
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Form
drag (10m<topography<1km)
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Dynamical
pressure perturbations created
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Proportional to slope2
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Influences
atmosphere through considerable depth
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