The wind regime in the north-west section of the Dead-Sea

During the period April 1969 to March 1970 a topo-climatological research was carried out in the Kallia region in the north-western section of the Dead-Sea. This article deals only with the wind regime in this area. The unusual location of the Dead-Sea in the Jordan Rift Valley combined with the developing of pressure systems in summer over the eastern Mediterranean are and passing over Israel in winter, the influence of the Mediterranean-sea breeze and lastly the sea breeze which the Dead-Sea develops because of being itself a large body of water, couse a complicated daily and seasonal wind system. In summer the regional pressure systems are of a great steadiness, a fact which is of great importance in the developing of the daily wind regime in this area. On the other hand, in winter, because three out of the four main factors influencing the wind system weaken, the degree of steadiness of the dominent winds reduce and the wind regime changes.