The interaction of valley/mountain winds with A diurnally veering sea/land breeze

Y. Goldreich, L. M. Druyan, H. Berger

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)551-561
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Climatology
Volume6
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1986

Keywords

  • Land and sea breeze
  • Mesoscale wind climatology
  • Mountain and valley circulation
  • Summer climate of Israel
  • Wind profiles

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