[article] 
On the climatology of surface wind direction frequencies for the central Chilean coast
Available online: http://www.bom.gov.au/amm/docs/2010/saavedra.pdf
N. Saavedra ; E.P. Muller ; A.J. Foppiano
in Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal (AMOJ) >
Vol.60 No.2 (June 2010) . - p.103-110
A simple climatology giving the annual evolution of monthly mean wind direction
frequency along the central Chile coast is presented. An eight-direction wind rose
is used. Particular attention is given to the combined monthly mean frequencies of
north and northwest (NN) and south and southwest (SS) winds, since these directions
have the largest frequencies for most locations. Moreover, these directions
are conceptually the most directly related with the climatic scenario used. Simple
relationships found between these frequencies and the latitude of the location of
maximum monthly mean pressure along the Chilean coast are discussed. These
results confirm the validity of the climatic scenario used, which has already been
applied in simple empirical climatic models for coastal stations in Chile, such as
a monthly mean rainfall frequency model. A quantitative description of NN and
SS winds in terms of the location of the maximum monthly mean pressure along
the Chilean coast (LMP) allows some estimations of their frequency for locations
where no observations are available. Wind direction climatic zones are found to
correspond to already known rainfall frequency climatic zones.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copyTags: Chile ; Climate ; Climatology ; Meteorology ; Wind 
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