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A surface wind vector profile along the 62° East meridian in Antarctica is constructed from field observations extending from 600 kilometers inland to 16 kilometers offshore. The theory of gravity winds proposed byF. K. Ball is used successfully to explain this profile.
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Weller, G.E. A meridional surface wind speed profile in MacRobertson Land, Antarctica. PAGEOPH 77, 193–200 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00876014
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