Abstract
Reasons for anti-clockwise (Northern Hemisphere) rotation of the wind hodograph in the boundary layer are investigated. As observations of wind hodographs show two different kinds of anti-clockwise rotation (ACR), one frequently observed, which is highly irregular with partly ACR and the other with clear ACR, two methods have been applied. At first a two-dimensional nonlinear model which includes sea-land breezes as well as a mountain reveal partly ACR at the lee of the mountain. Second, a linear model is solved analytically showing that inclusion of a rotating thermal force in the ACR sense generates clear ACR. -from Authors
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 487-499 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journals of the Atmospheric Sciences |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1983 |
| Externally published | Yes |
