YUMA WINTER MICROCLIMATE

Abstract

This study consists of an analysis of winter temperatures at and near the ground and wind velocities at standard heights, at three sites within Yuma Proving Ground. Two of the sites were selected for their representativeness of surface types characterizing the desert basins of southwestern United States. The third site was selected to represent the many low rocky mountain areas of the desert. The study develops information on the nature of diurnal temperature fluctuations, based on hourly records of temperature of January and February 1957, at ten levels ranging from 25 centimeters below the ground to 200 centimeters above the ground surface. In addition, hourly records of wind speed and direction at the standard shelter height were kept and analyzed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0636256

Entities

People

  • Howard L. Ohman
  • Richard L. Pratt

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Climatology
  • Earth Sciences
  • Ground Level
  • Inversion
  • Lapse Rate
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Mountains
  • Radiation
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Solar Radiation
  • Standards
  • Surface Temperature
  • Surfaces
  • United States
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.