Total Amount of Mean Monthly Air Transport into the Continent of Australia, and its Seasonal Variation

Abstract

The present paper treats of the wind conditions around the continent of Australia on the basis of the pilot charts of the Indian Ocena, regularly issued by the Hydrographic Office of the U. S. Navy Department. They contain wind roses for five degree squares estimated on what we call the “Scott” scale. The actual average air transport into the continent of Australia has been found by the process which is quite similar with Werenskiold's⁽¹⁾.
The mean direction and velocity of the wind were found and represented in vectorial form in Figs. 3-6 and tabulated in Table 1. The total amount of mean monthly air transport into the continent of Australia was found to be where the average air transport is assumed to be the same throughout the lowest 1km layer. Of course, the air transport flowing into the continent must be compensated by the diverging air transport over the continent.