An Observational and Model Characterization of Vertical Structure of Wind Fields over Eastern United States: A Case Study of Sterling, Virginia

Figure 8

Month-to-month variability and autocorrelation for zonal wind (a, b), meridional wind (c, d), and wind speed (e, f), respectively. The observational data was from 1979 to 2012 for Sterling station Virginia Station.

(a) Zonal wind variability

(b) Zonal wind autocorrelation

(c) Meridional wind variability

(d) Meridional wind autocorrelation

(e) Wind speed variability

(f) Wind speed autocorrelation