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Mountain-gap winds; a study of surface wind at Gibraltar

✍ Scribed by R. S. Scorer

Book ID
104571275
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1952
Tongue
English
Weight
673 KB
Volume
78
Category
Article
ISSN
0035-9009

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The surface wind in the Straits of Gibraltar is determined by the interplay of its inclination to blow towards the end where surface pressure is lowest when the air is stable and its tendency to follow the upper wind if convection is active. The importance of cold pools of air lying below mountain‐top level is discussed and various kinds of wind reversal are described.

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