Tropospheric characteristics of zonal and meridional wind on the geographical area of Cuba

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Published: Jan 5, 2015
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Zonal wind, southern wind, climatology, Cuba.

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Lic. Adrián Miró González
UM 1779, FAR

Abstract

This research is aimed at determining the behavior of the zonal and meridional wind components in the troposphere from the level of 925 hPa to 100 hPa in the 1971-2000, both seasonally (from May to October, November to April) and monthly. Also it identified the pressure levels where the sign changes of the zonal and meridional components in each seasonal profile in the geographic region between 600 and 950 west longitude and 5º and 30º north latitude. To analyze the wind components and a 5º x 5º grid step was selected, the region being divided into 35 grids reference. The database used is formed by the values of the zonal and meridional wind components from 1948 to 2010, in troposphere levels of 1 000, 925, 850, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200, 150 and 100 hPa (12 pressure levels in height), which characterize the behavior of the wind at each selected level. These values were downloaded format (txt) and were converted into Microsoft Excel, which is processed using several statisticians as the norm and the average. Some of the results obtained were: the conformation and characterization of the maps of the zonal and meridional wind components. Besides maps LDZ behavior were developed in the study area for rainy season (May to October) and dry season (November to April). Vertical profiles of wind of both components seasonally and monthly in used period were also produced.

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Miró GonzálezL. A. (2015). Tropospheric characteristics of zonal and meridional wind on the geographical area of Cuba. Revista Cubana De Meteorología, 21(1), 62-75. Retrieved from http://rcm.insmet.cu/index.php/rcm/article/view/190
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Vol. 21, No. 1, enero - junio, 2015
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