Abstract
The orographic influence of the Alps on 500 mb northerly or southerly flow has been studied, using the vorticity equation and a numerically evaluated mountain profile. The effects on trajectory deflection from orography and from the variation in the coriolis parameter have opposite signs for northerly flow but the same sign for southerly flow. Using the most frequent wind speed at 500 mb it is found that in the majority of cases a northerly current will pass the Alps without any significant deflection.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v16i1.8888 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 40 - 42
Published on: Jan 1, 1964
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1964 H. Reuter, H. Pichler, published by Stockholm University Press
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