Wind Speed
•Terrain controls wind speed and direction
•However, some general characteristics of wind speed vs. altitude
•Mid-latitudes:
–Wind speed increases with height
–Mt. Washington 1915 m: 23m/s in winter;12m/s in summer averages
•Tropics
–Wind speed decreases with height
–New Guinea 4250 m: 2 m/s DJF average
–El Misti Peru 4760 m 5 m/s average