On the theory of high and low pressure areas: The significance of divergence in pressure areas

Abstract

This is the edited and translated version of the article by Richard Scherhag “Zur Theorie der Hoch- und Tiefdruckgebiete. Die Bedeutung der Divergenz in Druckfeldern” (On the theory of high and low pressure areas: The significance of divergence in pressure areas), which was published in Meteorologische Zeitschrift51, 129–138.

Keywords

• Classic paper
• Scherhag
• pressure areas
• divergence