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Convergence and divergence in the atmosphere

✍ Scribed by C. S. Durst

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
535 KB
Volume
66
Category
Article
ISSN
0035-9009

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The departure of the actual wind from the geostrophic wind is defined as the agcostrophic wind. The magnitudes of the ageostrophic winds as measured from pilot ballon ascents are examined and found to be in many cases greater than can be explained by the probable errors of measurement. A method is developed of calculating the ageostrophic winds from the measurements of the geostrophic winds and of obtaining the convergence due to these ageostrophic winds.

A case is examined in detail and the convergence is calculated. It is shown that in a region where pressure was falling there was strong convergence near the surface and strong divergence at a level of 5 km.

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