This map is an Isotach and displays the wind speed. An Isotach is a line on a weather map or chart connecting points where winds of equal speeds have been recorded. As you can see from this map these lines connect equal amounts of wind speed ranging from 100 to 9720.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~mcmurdie/oct96/isotach_height_300.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~mcmurdie/oct96/oct96_labs.html&usg=__7Jjql9-4JoGF2aCurJFUfJIrVKU=&h=748&w=1098&sz=60&hl=en&start=4&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=IA1tk6Pm6PEHiM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3DIsotachs%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1
No comments:
Post a Comment