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Underlying structures in orographic flow: An analysis of measurements made on the Isle of Arran
Author(s) -
Burton R. R.,
Vosper S. B.,
Mobbs S. D.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1256/qj.05.192
Subject(s) - orographic lift , transect , meteorology , flow (mathematics) , geology , climatology , wind speed , geography , environmental science , precipitation , oceanography , geometry , mathematics
In a recent field experiment on the Isle of Arran, Scotland, measurements of surface pressure and near‐surface wind fields were made along a roughly west–east transect on the hill Tighvein. A principal components analysis of these measurements has been made to determine any significant atmospheric modes of variability, and this (objective) method successfully identifies several physically meaningful flows. Copyright © 2006 Royal Meteorological Society