نشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی (Sep 2019)

On the Study of Synoptic-Dynamic Analysis of the Formation Trend of the Persian Gulf LLJ Patterns and its Role in the Region Moisture Flux

  • Behrooz Sari Sarraf,
  • Shoaieb Abkharabat

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 68
pp. 179 – 193

Abstract

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As a core of wind speed, Low Level Jet (LLJ) of the Persian Gulf is made on the Persian Gulf and its surrounding in the low levels of the atmosphere during the hot period of the year. Known as north wind, this jet appears in the body of a more extensive current of wind with the northern, northwestern, southern, southeastern direction. North wind often blows from the mountainous regions of Turkey and Iran to the southern regions. Except for topographic reasons, the formation of this wind is influenced by hollow topography of low regions of Mesopotamia and Khouzestan appearing as a corridor. Reaching the Persian Gulf, this phenomenon is intensified as the water area of the Persian Gulf is besieged as a low hollow by Zagros Mountains and Arabic Peninsula aggravating the wind.

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