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Abstract
This note describes aspects of the diurnal variation and geographical location of the summertime low-level jet over the Gulf of California, based on wind soundings made at two sites near the northern end of the gulf during a two-week summer field program in 1995. The low-level wind observations from Puerto Peñasco, a site along the northern shore of the gulf, showed a strong diurnal cycle decreasing in amplitude to near 0 by the 1800-m altitude. A weaker, but deeper diurnal cycle was observed at Mexicali, an inland site some 200 km west-northwest of Puerto Peñasco. The strongest winds were observed at the coastal site; the observations suggest that the strongest southerly winds in the northern gulf lie closer to the eastern shore of the gulf.
Abstract
This note describes aspects of the diurnal variation and geographical location of the summertime low-level jet over the Gulf of California, based on wind soundings made at two sites near the northern end of the gulf during a two-week summer field program in 1995. The low-level wind observations from Puerto Peñasco, a site along the northern shore of the gulf, showed a strong diurnal cycle decreasing in amplitude to near 0 by the 1800-m altitude. A weaker, but deeper diurnal cycle was observed at Mexicali, an inland site some 200 km west-northwest of Puerto Peñasco. The strongest winds were observed at the coastal site; the observations suggest that the strongest southerly winds in the northern gulf lie closer to the eastern shore of the gulf.
