The Effect of Topography on the Direction and Velocity of Winds

[摘要] Following the mathematical treatment of the flow of air over a mountain by Pockels and others, the present authors intended here to discuss the effect of topography with a periodic surface profile on the direction and velocity of winds. Here a conclusion is drawn that, at the bottom of the valley, the maximum frequency of winds is found in the direction parallel to the general trend of valley and the minimum one is found in the direction transverse to it. The existense of such a tendency can be verified with numerous data.

[学科分类] 大气科学