SURFACE WIND PATTERNS IN THE LOS ANGELES BASIN DURING 'SANTA ANA' CONDITIONS

Abstract

The results of an analysis of seven years of 'Santa Ana' wind situations is presented. The surface wind field over the greater Los Angeles area is presented first in statistical terms, percentage frequency of wind directions and mean wind speeds, and then as streamline analyses of individual situations. Areas of strong flow and weak flow are delineated as well as the diurnal fluctuations of the major features in the surface flow pattern.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0609363

Entities

People

  • David Baumhefner
  • James G. Edinger
  • Roger A. Helvey

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Pollution
  • Case Studies
  • Civil Defense
  • Engineering
  • Fire Protection
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Meteorology
  • Sea Breeze
  • Secondary Flow
  • Systems Engineering
  • Three Dimensional
  • War Colleges
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers