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The interaction of valley/mountain winds with A diurnally veering sea/land breeze
Author(s) -
Goldreich Y.,
Druyan L. M.,
Berger H.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of climatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.58
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-0088
pISSN - 0196-1748
DOI - 10.1002/joc.3370060508
Subject(s) - sea breeze , mesoscale meteorology , geology , prevailing winds , wind direction , climatology , flow (mathematics) , airflow , transverse plane , oceanography , wind speed , atmospheric sciences , geometry , mechanical engineering , mathematics , engineering , structural engineering
Summer‐time wind patterns have been monitored within and above a transverse valley of the Judaean Hills. Near surface anemograph records and pilot balloon observations have been analysed to identify three vertically separated wind regimes. Classical mountain/valley winds dominate the flow within the valley walls whereas the regional gradient flow is discerned above 400 m AGL or 700 m ASL. Sandwiched between these regimes is a breeze layer which reflects the diurnal rhythm of the coastal, mesoscale breezes which are driven by local sea‐land temperature contrasts under the influence of the inland hills and the Coriolis force.