The winds are often created by several synoptic and orographic features in the region. The features are the surrounding complex terrain, the coast to desert pressure gradient flow, and the synoptic scale cross-barrier flow near the mountaintops. In order to determine the phenomena which caused these winds in the Palm Springs region an analytical, computational, and case comparison approach was used. After some background information on wind influenced by mountainous terrain is given, the case comparison will be presented and analyzed. Finally, a summary and conclusion will be given.
Winds can also blow from areas with lower air temperatures to areas of higher temperatures.
Compensatory or return circulations higher in the atmosphere close the circulations , which form at the scale of heating. In order to describe wave amplification downstream from a mountain at different levels the Scorer Parameter is used. The Scorer Parameter is dependent on vertical wind shear and stability. It can determine whether a wave is an external or internal wave. Also the Froude number is used to examine flow characteristics in mountainous terrain.