Figure 11. Diurnal cycle
of (a) wind direction (red, degN), wind speed (dashed, m
s-1), zonal wind speed (green, m
s-1), meridional wind speed (cyan, m
s-1), and (b) surface pressure (yellow, hPa),
potential temperature (black, K), and mixing ratio content (blue, g
kg-1), from November 2013–March 2014, at a selected
surface location (7.5ºN– 69.7ºW; Las Mulas, Apure-Venezuela) along the
axis of propagation K (Fig. 5). The zonal and meridional wind speeds are
negative (easterly and northerly components,
respectively). |